Usually means: Carelessly, without direction or planning.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word willy nilly:

General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. willy nilly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. willy-nilly: Merriam-Webster
  3. willy-nilly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. willy-nilly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. willy-nilly, willy-nilly: Collins English Dictionary
  6. willy-nilly: Vocabulary.com
  7. willy-nilly, willy nilly: Wordnik
  8. willy-nilly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. willy-nilly, willy nilly: Wiktionary
  10. willy-nilly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. willy-nilly: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. willy-nilly: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Willy nilly, willy-nilly, willy nilly: Dictionary.com
  14. willy-nilly: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. willy-nilly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Willy Nilly (comics), Willy nilly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Willy nilly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. willy-nilly: Rhymezone
  19. Willy nilly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. Willy-nilly: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. willy-nilly, willy nilly: FreeDictionary.org
  22. willy-nilly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Willy-Nilly: The Word Detective
  24. Willy nilly, willy-nilly: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. Willy-nilly: World Wide Words
  26. willy nilly: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  27. Willy nilly: Phrase Finder

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. willy-nilly: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. willy-nilly: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. willy-nilly: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. willy-nilly, willy nilly: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Willy nilly)

adverb:  Alternative form of willy-nilly [Whether desired or not; without regard for the consequences or the wishes of those affected; whether willingly or unwillingly.]

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