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Willy-nilly

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Adverb

1. arbitrarily, at random, every which way, haphazardly, indiscriminately, randomly, willy-nilly

in a random manner

Example Sentences:
'the houses were randomly scattered'
'bullets were fired into the crowd at random'

2. willy-nilly

without having a choice

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Willy-nilly

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adverb
1. 
whether desired or not
2. 
haphazardly
adjective
3. 
occurring or taking place whether desired or not
4. 
occurring haphazardly

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Willy-nilly

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adverb
1. 
whether one wishes it or not; willingly or unwillingly
2. 
in a disordered way; helter-skelter
adjective
3. 
that is or happens whether one wishes it or not

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Willy-nilly

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adv.
1. Whether desired or not: After her boss fell sick, she willy-nilly found herself directing the project.
2. Without order or plan; haphazardly: “We laid our sleeping bags out willy-nilly, as if having fallen from the stars” (Rick Bass).
adj.
1. Being or occurring whether desired or not: willy-nilly cooperation.
2. Disordered; haphazard: willy-nilly zoning laws.

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