Instead and Willingly

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Instead adverb - In place of, or as an alternative to.

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Willingly and instead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Willingly" instead an adverb "Instead".

Willingly adverb - By choice or preference.

Usage example: I would not willingly eat liver, but sometimes I have no choice

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Instead and willingly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Instead" instead an adverb "Willingly".

Nearby Words: willing, willingness, willfully

Davis willingly humiliates himself and tells Ken to have him eaten instead of his friends instead.

Source: Anime / Digimon Adventure 02
Instead, it's the Haitian gang that does this, with the gang's leader cutting off his enforcer's ear with a machete for failing to destroy the Saints once, which the guy willingly accepts.

Source: Yubitsume
Instead he is the only mortal to ever give up the Ring willingly and without outside coercion.

Source: What You Are in the Dark

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