nilly-willy
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
nilly-willy (comparative more nilly-willy, superlative most nilly-willy)
- (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)
- (archaic) Synonym of willy-nilly
References edit
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary