Meanings (ES + gloss)
guste o no guste • quiera o no quiera • quiérase o no • sea como sea • velis nolis
Whether desired or not; without regard for consequences or wishes of those affected; whether willingly or unwillingly.
Some writers chasing money churn out novels willy-nilly.
Whenever I see a long handsome neck, willy nilly, the thought will come uppermost—What a capital neck for carving! Those cursed executions! One can't rid one's mind of them.
a tontas y a locas • de cualquier manera • sin son
Seemingly at random; haphazardly.
The novel Alice in Wonderland describes a place where things happen willy-nilly.
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