[うむをいわせず, umuwoiwasezu] (exp) peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Nill \Nill\, v. i.
To be unwilling; to refuse to act.
[1913 Webster]
The actions of the will are "velle" and "nolle," to
will and nill. --Burton.
[1913 Webster]
{Will he, nill he}, whether he wills it or not; usually
contracted to {willy-nilly}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
willy-nilly
adv 1: in a random manner; "the houses were randomly scattered";
"bullets were fired into the crowd at random" [syn:
{randomly}, {indiscriminately}, {haphazardly}, {willy-
nilly}, {arbitrarily}, {at random}, {every which way}]
2: without having a choice
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย