WILLY-NILLY


Meaning of WILLY-NILLY in English

25B6; adverb

cars were parked willy-nilly : HAPHAZARDLY, at random, randomly.

we are, willy-nilly, in a new situation : WHETHER ONE LIKES IT OR NOT, of necessity; informal like it or lump it; formal perforce, nolens volens.

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