That could well be what he did, but it cannot be ascribed to actual ill will on his behalf.
In reality, of course, there are many other alternatives, postulating various proportions of goodwill and ill will in the putative designer (while keeping the other attributes fixed).
These and other safeguard clauses may be interpreted with an ill will, at the level of the courts, for example.
There are many who bear us a great amount of ill will.
They have engaged in trench warfare and built up ill will and resentment.
I say that out of no ill will.
It is clear that the old and the ill will suffer as a result of these measures.
They exasperate and exacerbate, they cause ill will and achieve nothing.
