at will

Speech parts

1. at will - Adjective

2. at will - Adverb

3. at will - Phrase

Meaning

as one chooses or pleases

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

at-will

Synonyms

arbitrary freely voluntarily elective willingly liberally ad libitum as you please of one's own accord without restriction as one pleases to one's heart's content as one thinks best without hindrance as one wishes
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Antonyms

forced slavery captive oppressed enslavement involuntarily
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Examples

Genius is childhood recalled at will. Charles Baudelaire

Smiles come naturally to me, but I started thinking of them as an art form at my command. I studied all the time. I looked at magazines, I'd practice in front of the mirror and I'd ask photographers about the best angles. I can now pull out a smile at will. Tyra Banks

If this life be not a real fight, in which something is eternally gained for the universe by success, it is no better than a game of private theatricals from which one may withdraw at will. But it feels like a real fight. William James

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will. Arthur Rimbaud

There is not the slightest indication that [nuclear energy] will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will. Albert Einstein

With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not - they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind. Edgar Allan Poe

Words in the phrase

at will

Close letter words and terms

at which moment at which point at which time at will call at will employment at wit's end