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Synonyms for willy-nilly
ˈwɪl iˈnɪl iwil·ly-nil·ly
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willy-nillyadverb
Synonyms:
nolens volenswilly-nillyadverb
Whether desired or not.
Synonyms:
nolens volenswilly-nillyadverb
Without regard for consequences or the will of those affected.
So people chasing money churn out novels willy-nilly.
Synonyms:
nolens volenswilly-nillyadverb
Seemingly at random, haphazardly
The novel Alice in Wonderland describes a place where random things happen all willy-nilly.
Synonyms:
nolens volens
Princeton's WordNet
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-skelterwilly-nillyadverb
without having a choice
Synonyms:
at random, indiscriminately, arbitrarily, randomly, haphazardly, every which way
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
willy-nillyadverb
Synonyms:
willingly or unwillingly
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "willy-nilly":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#11860 | randomly | |
#24981 | arbitrarily | |
#58851 | haphazard | |
#61162 | indiscriminately | |
#88131 | haphazardly | |
#209688 | promiscuously |
How to use willy-nilly in a sentence?
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.
It took maybe four months to get this interview and then they willy-nilly cancel it.
I think the important part to realize that we actually were able to pull off a successful election with checks and balances, we just didn't do willy-nilly e-ballots, they have security that was on them. We have documentation that's on them, we have all the processes to backup and protect why we did what we did.
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.
We need to be vigilant and discourage people who start fires willy nilly.
Translations for willy-nilly
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- chtě nechtě, volky nevolky, nahodileCzech
- wohl oder übel, volens nolensGerman
- [[θέλοντας]] [[και]] [[μη]], [[με]] [[το]] [[ζόρι]]Greek
- quiera o no quiera, sea como sea, de cualquier maneraSpanish
- emme, miten sattuuFinnish
- bon gré mal gréFrench
- a dheòin no a dh'aindeoinScottish Gaelic
- akár tetszik, akár nem, ha tetszik, ha nemHungarian
- ուզած-չուզածArmenian
- volens nolensLatin
- nori nenoriLithuanian
- willens nillensDutch
- chcąc nie chcąc, na chybił trafiłPolish
- de qualquer maneira, querendo ou não, obrigatoriamente, queira ou não queira, de qualquer jeitoPortuguese
- волей-неволей, хочешь не хочешь, тяп-ляпRussian
- хтио не хтио, htio ne htio, hteo ne hteo, хтео не хтеоSerbo-Croatian
- ister istemezTurkish
- irekle-ireksezTatar
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