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Definition of Strong-willed
1. Adjective. Having a determined will.
Definition of Strong-willed
1. Adjective. Having a vigorous, independent will ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strong-willed
Literary usage of Strong-willed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book Buyer by Charles Scribner's Sons (1893)
"Her book is not without interest as a story of what a strong-willed, plucky,
resourceful woman can do, but its value in other respects is not obvious. ..."
2. The Essentials of Psychology by Walter Bowers Pillsbury (1920)
"A strong-willed individual is one who works tenaciously for a remote good, ...
The strong-willed individual may be good or bad, but he always has an ideal ..."
3. The Essentials of Psychology by Walter Bowers Pillsbury (1920)
"A strong-willed individual is one who works tenaciously for a remote good, ...
The strong-willed individual may be good or bad, but he always has an ideal ..."
4. Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1871)
"•with a bust of Cato the Censor, who must have been the most disagreeable,
stubborn, ugly-tempered, pigheaded, narrow-minded, strong-willed old Roman that ..."
5. Man and His Bodies by Annie Wood Besant (1896)
"strong-willed and weak-willed persons are distinguished by their difference in
this respect. The weak-willed man is moved from outside, by outer attractions ..."
6. The Diseases of Society: The Vice and Crime Problem by George Frank Lydston (1906)
"Children are relatively strong-willed, yet defective in moral sense and conscience.
... The exceptional strong-willed woman is unfortunately usually a ..."
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