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Meanings of willy-nilly in inglês

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arbitrariamente

In a random manner.

arbitrariamente
Usage of willy-nilly in inglês
1
Economic nostrums are blown willy-nilly in the unending battle of human instincts.
The Pivot of Civilization
2
We don't willy-nilly make person-specific queries unless there's an overriding security reason.
Secret of the seventh son
3
I was compelled, willy-nilly, to have recourse to my solitary fellow-traveller-themonkey.
A Reckless Character, and Other Stories
4
Scattered about willy-nilly were RPG and mortar rounds and cans of ammunition.
Kill bin laden: a delta force commander's account of the hunt fo...
5
Certain things, however, gradually then became apparent, forcing themselves upon me, willy-nilly.
The Damned
6
So you must come, willy-nilly, or they may send worse after you.
Under the Storm
7
What a catechism is this for a free girl to answer willy-nilly!
The Hidden Children
8
Johnson can't just march in after the fact and enforce his might, willy-nilly.
The Guardian
9
The wind of action willy-nilly sifted the waverers into one group or another.
Jean-Christophe in Paris: The Market-Place, Antoinette, the Hous...
10
In opera, willy-nilly, poetry must be the obedient daughter of music.
Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words
11
The conventions were transformed, first willy-nilly and then on purpose, into television shows.
The new yorker
12
This starts, willy-nilly, the whole activity of adult love at the lower centers.
Fantasia of the Unconscious
13
There the inmates were compelled, willy-nilly, to lie upon the floor.
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons: Wesel, Sennelager, Klinge...
14
Wizards who run around using their Sight willy-nilly wind up bonkers.
Turn coat
15
How often do you see John F. Kennedy's name thrown out all willy-nilly?
Ebony
16
Micheál Martin is not one to bandy names about willy-nilly in the Dáil.
The Irish Times