"willy-nilly" meaning in Anglais

See willy-nilly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: \ˈwɪl.i.ˈnɪl.i\ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-willy-nilly.wav
  1. Bon gré mal gré, de façon incontrôlée, non réfléchie ; n’importe comment.
    Sense id: fr-willy-nilly-en-adv-2pdD0PzJ Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: willy nilly

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    "(1608) Altération de l’anglais ancien I will I nill, « je ferai je ne ferai pas »."
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          "ref": "Jacqueline Savitz, citée par The Seattle Times, avril 2009",
          "text": "We support wind energy. It doesn’t mean we want to go willy-nilly in planting wind farms everywhere.",
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