adverb ಕ್ರಿಯಾವಿಶೇಷಣ

Willy-nilly meaning in kannada

ವಿಲ್ಲಿ-ನಿಲ್ಲಿ

  • Pronunciation

    /ˌ(ˈ)wɪliˈnɪli/

  • Definition

    in a random manner

    ಯಾದೃಚ್ಛಿಕ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ

  • Synonyms

    randomly (ಯಾದೃಚ್ಛಿಕವಾಗಿ)

adverb ಕ್ರಿಯಾವಿಶೇಷಣ

Willy-nilly meaning in kannada

ವಿಲ್ಲಿ-ನಿಲ್ಲಿ

  • Definition

    without having a choice

    ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಇಲ್ಲದೆ

adjective ವಿಶೇಷಣ

Willy-nilly meaning in kannada

ವಿಲ್ಲಿ-ನಿಲ್ಲಿ

  • Definitions

    1. That happens whether willingly or unwillingly.

    ಅದು ಇಚ್ಛೆಯಿಂದ ಅಥವಾ ಇಷ್ಟವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಸಂಭವಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.

  • Examples:
    1. O my God, if man be only / A willy-nilly current of sensations— / Reaction needs must follow revel—yet— / Why feel remorse, he, knowing that he must have / Moved in the iron grooves of Destiny?

    2. [S]omeone saw thy willy-nilly nun / Vying a tress against our golden fern.

adverb ಕ್ರಿಯಾವಿಶೇಷಣ

Willy-nilly meaning in kannada

ವಿಲ್ಲಿ-ನಿಲ್ಲಿ

  • Definitions

    1. Whether desired or not; without regard for the consequences or the wishes of those affected; whether willingly or unwillingly.

    ಅಪೇಕ್ಷಿಸಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ಇಲ್ಲದಿರಲಿ; ಪರಿಣಾಮಗಳನ್ನು ಅಥವಾ ಪೀಡಿತರ ಆಶಯಗಳನ್ನು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸದೆ; ಇಚ್ಛೆಯಿಂದ ಅಥವಾ ಇಷ್ಟವಿಲ್ಲದೆ.

  • Examples:
    1. Some writers chasing money churn out novels willy-nilly.

    2. And, while he sleeps, the indwelling Compassion preserves him, willy nilly, from the suicide which, in his waking hours, he has tried so frantically hard to commit.

    3. He says he shall come for me willy-nilly, and father and mother say I must have him! But I don't want to—because—because—I love you best!

    4. I'll own I'm very glad he's come— / To hide my feelings would be silly— / You see I'm not so shy as some, / My thoughts will come out "willy-nilly."

    5. The outer world is what we wake up to every morning of our lives, is the place where, willy-nilly, we must try to make our living.

    6. Whenever I see a long handsome neck, willy nilly, the thought will come uppermost—What a capital neck for carving! Those cursed executions! One can't rid one's mind of them.

    7. [I]f you love him not, then you can love me, and, therefore, can come to please yourself, willy-nilly. What! am I to be thwarted in such a trifle? Willy-nilly, I say, I will marry thee. Come—we waste the time.