Synonyms for willy-nilly
ˈwɪl iˈnɪl iwil·ly-nil·ly

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1. willy-nillyadverb

   Synonyms:
   nolens volens

2. willy-nillyadverb

   Whether desired or not.

   Synonyms:
   nolens volens

3. willy-nillyadverb

   Without regard for consequences or the will of those affected.

   So people chasing money churn out novels willy-nilly.

   Synonyms:
   nolens volens

4. willy-nillyadverb

   Seemingly at random, haphazardly

   The novel Alice in Wonderland describes a place where random things happen all willy-nilly.

   Synonyms:
   nolens volens

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

   in a random manner

   "the houses were randomly scattered"; "bullets were fired into the crowd at random"

   Synonyms:
   every which way, randomly, promiscuously, indiscriminately, arbitrarily, at random, haphazardly, haphazard, helter-skelter

2. willy-nillyadverb

   without having a choice

   Synonyms:
   at random, indiscriminately, arbitrarily, randomly, haphazardly, every which way

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1. willy-nillyadverb

   Synonyms:
   willingly or unwillingly

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1. List of paraphrases for "willy-nilly":

   randomly

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1. Jason Robnett:

   People need to stop reacting, just stay still, if everybody just sits still until the readiness comes up to the right level, that's better than running willy-nilly in every direction.

2. Peter Houde:

   We intend to look but we will not be allowed by the land owner to dig willy-nilly without good geological information about where we will likely be successful, i'm waiting for our geologists to return from summer field schools to look into it.

3. Omar Khayym:

   Into this Universe, and Why not knowing Nor Whence, like Water, willy-nilly flowing And out of it, as Wind along the Waste, I know not Wither, willy-nilly blowing.

4. Chuck Grassley:

   It won't only be what I hear at the state fair, but what I've heard in my county meetings that I hold regularly. Inflation is number one. Some people call it cost of living, saying gas prices. And the fact is, the president is not enforcing law at the border. It just irritates people. You can't come to America without our permission. And we've had 2 million people just willy-nilly cross the border.

5. Shawn Coburn:

   I don't like to pick on other farmers, even if it wasn't a drought year, the only difference is I don't have a pipe in the Delta I can suck willy-nilly whenever I want.