nolens volens

American  

[noh-lens woh-lens, noh-lenz voh-lenz] / ˈnoʊ lɛns ˈwoʊ lɛns, ˈnoʊ lɛnz ˈvoʊ lɛnz /

adverb

Latin.

1. whether willing or not; willy-nilly.

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nolens volens British  

/ ˈnəʊlɛnz ˈvəʊlɛnz /

adverb

1. whether willing or unwilling

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Example Sentences

So far Poincar� has not made public what he thinks of this "dinky little plan," but, nolens volens, it seems he will have to let the British in.

From Time Magazine Archive

I thought of making him the Pretender, nolens volens, for he is too stupidly honest to look at the whole thing as a merry, and at the same time profitable, masquerade.

From Problematic Characters A Novel by Spielhagen, Friedrich

The gallant McRae, of the Fifth North Carolina, seeing the Twenty-fourth Virginia hotly engaged, dashed forward, nolens volens, to its relief.

From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James

These quantities have to be supplied nolens volens and at prices fixed by the French Army.

From War Letters of a Public-School Boy by Jones, Henry Paul Mainwaring

From that day he tried to fall gradually back in his work; but it was too late; the good record which he had unwittingly piled up carried him through, nolens volens.

From The Uncalled A Novel by Dunbar, Paul Laurence