Waywardly

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wayward \Way"ward\, a. [OE. weiward, for aweiward, i. e., turned
     away. See {Away}, and {-ward}.]
     Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse;
     willful.
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           My wife is in a wayward mood.            --Shak.
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           Wayward beauty doth not fancy move.      --Fairfax.
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           Wilt thou forgive the wayward thought?   --Keble.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Way"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Way"ward*ness}, n.
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