"nilly-willy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌnɪliˈwɪli/ Forms: more nilly-willy [comparative], most nilly-willy [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} nilly-willy (comparative more nilly-willy, superlative most nilly-willy)
  1. (archaic) Synonym of willy-nilly Tags: archaic Synonyms: willy-nilly [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-nilly-willy-en-adj-DuYdzsAO Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English reduplications, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50

Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˌnɪliˈwɪli/ Forms: more nilly-willy [comparative], most nilly-willy [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adv}} nilly-willy (comparative more nilly-willy, superlative most nilly-willy)
  1. (archaic) Synonym of willy-nilly Tags: archaic Synonyms: willy-nilly [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-nilly-willy-en-adv-DuYdzsAO Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English reduplications, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50

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