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adverb 
  1. Whether desired or not.
    • 1954: The outer world is what we wake up to every morning of our lives, is the place where, willy-nilly, we must try to make our living. " Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception (Chatto & Windus 1954, p. 36)
      1. (idiom) Without regard for consequences or the will of those affected.
      So people chasing money churn out novels .
      1. Seemingly at random.
      Alice in Wonderland describes a place where random things happen all .
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    Etymology: Originally "will he, nill he" or "will ye, nill ye"; see will, nill.

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