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. 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.

2. Stephen Crane:

   It took maybe four months to get this interview and then they willy-nilly cancel it.

3. Andy Purdy:

   It doesn't allow the Chinese government to willy nilly put backdoors in products.

4. 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.

5. Bob Corker:

   Is it realistic that he’s just willy-nilly going to do that? Absolutely not, but, you know, progress can be made, freezing the program, who knows what he’s — what his ambitions are as it relates to South Korea.