English-French translations for willy-nilly

  • bon gré mal gréAu sein de l'Union également, nous commençons, un peu tard, à changer bon gré mal gré notre manière de voir les choses. We in the EU as well, in the European Parliament, are changing our perspective willy-nilly, but rather late in the day. Ils n'adhèrent pas bon gré mal gré mais à la suite d'une procédure d'adhésion très rigoureuse et la Croatie a fait de gros progrès dans ce domaine. They are not joining willy-nilly: they are joining as a result of a very rigorous accession process and Croatia has made much progress in that regard. Or dans le cas actuel, des membres du personnel semblent bon gré mal gré autorisés à manifester alors que les députés se voient interdire le même privilège! However, here we have a situation where members of staff appear willy-nilly to be able to demonstrate and Members appear to be denied the same privilege!

Definition of willy-nilly

  • Whether desired or not
  • Without regard for consequences or the will of those affected
  • Seemingly at random, haphazardly
  • vacillating

Examples

  • So people chasing money churn out novels willy-nilly.
  • The novel Alice in Wonderland describes a place where random things happen all willy-nilly.

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