[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

nill \nill\, v. i.
   to be unwilling; to refuse to act.
   1913 webster

         the actions of the will are "velle" and "nolle," to
         will and nill.                           --burton.
   1913 webster

   will he, nill he, whether he wills it or not; usually
      contracted to willy-nilly.
      1913 webster
see also:
will he, nill he willy-nilly 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

willy-nilly
     adv 1: in a random manner; "the houses were randomly scattered";
            "bullets were fired into the crowd at random" syn: randomly,
             indiscriminately, haphazardly, arbitrarily, at
            random, every which way
     2: without having a choice
see also:
randomly indiscriminately haphazardly arbitrarily at random every which way 

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