willy-nillyadverb
uk/ˌwɪl.iˈnɪl.i/us/ˌwɪl.iˈnɪl.i/informalIf something happens willy-nilly, it happens even if the people who are involved do not want it to happen:
Both sides were drawn, willy-nilly, into the conflict.
without any order:
She threw her clothes willy-nilly into a drawer.
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Unwilling and reluctant
- arsed
- balk
- baulk
- be blowed if... idiom
- be in no mood for sth/to do sth idiom
- begrudge
- deign
- disinclination
- disinclined
- disobliging
- drag your heels/feet idiom
- fag
- jib
- not have the heart to do sth idiom
- not have the stomach for sth idiom
- rather you than me idiom
- reluctance
- reluctant
- sticky
- stomach
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