willy-nilly in English

adverb

1

whether one likes it or not.

he would be forced to collaborate willy-nilly

synonyms: haphazardly, at random, randomly, every which way, here and there, all over the place, in no apparent order

2

without direction or planning; haphazardly.

politicians expanded spending programs willy-nilly

adverb

• haphazardly, at random, randomly, every which way, here and there, all over the place, in no apparent order
• at random, indiscriminately, arbitrarily, every which way, randomly, haphazardly

Use "willy-nilly" in a sentence

1. Don't add relationships willy-nilly.

2. Clerks bundled papers into files willy-nilly.

3. Don't use your credit card willy-nilly.

4. They all had to take part, willy-nilly.

5. Companies were accused of raising prices willy-nilly.

6. Don't just use your credit card willy-nilly.

7. But our readers don't use tabs willy-nilly.

8. Josie and Shaun have become, willy-nilly, media celebrities.

9. The government were dragged willy-nilly into the confrontation.

10. She threw her clothes willy-nilly into a drawer.

11. He found himself drawn, willy-nilly, into the argument.

12. Both sides were drawn, willy-nilly, into the conflict.

13. Second, we have to stop cautioning our girls willy-nilly.

14. She was forced willy-nilly to accept the company's proposals.

15. 4 He found himself drawn, willy-nilly, into the argument.

16. They exist willy-nilly, whatever the time, whatever the party.

17. 2 The government were dragged willy-nilly into the confrontation.

18. The theory goes like this: Engage China and, willy-nilly, it will reform.

19. Willy-nilly, we are all card-carrying citizens of the One Earth.

20. The heart and lungs carried on willy-nilly, keeping me going, keeping me awake.

21. If silly Sally will shilly-shally, shall silly Willy-nilly Shilly-shally, too?

22. Today's church is being forced willy-nilly to deal with today's social problems.

23. It seemed as though rival nests of ants had been poured together willy-nilly.

24. But propaganda that all old-growth forests are being hacked down willy-nilly is nonsense.

25. 6 synonyms for Arbitrarily: at random, every which way, haphazardly, indiscriminately, randomly, willy-nilly

26. Heed my words here: Willy-nilly, no-schema, non-organized data is a recipe for disaster!

27. Arbitrarily: 1 adv in a random manner Synonyms: at random , every which way , haphazardly , indiscriminately , randomly , willy-nilly

28. She had always thought that, and she had been involved with him, willy-nilly, over the house.

29. You breed, willy-nilly, and lo and behold! you find life isn't ever going to be the same again.

30. Registration plates are picked willy-nilly from a directory and announced on television –and a special restriction hotline.

31. Words related to By definition naturally , unquestionably , undoubtedly , automatically , no doubt , accordingly , consequently , fundamentally , indubitably , of course , perforce , positively , willy-nilly , …

32. Others have muddled through without a policy, although in that situation choices are still forced willy-nilly upon those who select materials.

33. Willy-nilly spending is a good way to stimulate the economy only if the outcome is judged by the wrong metric.

34. 'We cannot simply, willy-nilly, have some documents dropping out of the sky to replace that documents that admittedly still were not quite fully developed,' he said.

35. They'll bring over that line of thinking and give Rails 3 a tested and documented API for extensions that won't break willy-nilly with upgrades.