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- adjective Full of
want orlack ;lacking ;poor . - adjective Full of want or
desire ;desirous .
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Examples
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GIFFORD: You talk about in your book the difference between having a willful attitude and a wantful attitude, and when we come back, we will discuss that a little further with the Duchess of York, royalty here tonight.
CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: What's Next for Sarah Ferguson? - January 25, 2001 2001
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But it's the difference between willful and wantful.
CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: What's Next for Sarah Ferguson? - January 25, 2001 2001
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FERGUSON: With willful and wantful is, that if you really want something, and you don't do anything about it, that it eventually is going to manifest itself because your soul is going to come forward very strongly, and it's going to make things happen, because that is what you are meant to do.
CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: What's Next for Sarah Ferguson? - January 25, 2001 2001
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But you were talking earlier about the difference between being willful and wantful; a lot of people want to lose weight, a lot of people want to change their lives, a lot of people want to change their jobs, a lot of people want in their lives, but they don't seem to have the will to accomplish it.
CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: What's Next for Sarah Ferguson? - January 25, 2001 2001
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What can you possibly say to them that will make them go from wantful to willful?
CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: What's Next for Sarah Ferguson? - January 25, 2001 2001
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