nilly-willy

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Adverb[edit]

nilly-willy (comparative more nilly-willy, superlative most nilly-willy)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of willy-nilly
    • 1910, Jewish Charities, volumes 1-4, page 4:
      Yet it has to be done and, nilly-willy, it is the business of the rabbi to take the foremost part.

Adjective[edit]

nilly-willy (comparative more nilly-willy, superlative most nilly-willy)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of willy-nilly

References[edit]

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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