bon gré, mal gré

American  

[bawn grey mal grey] / ˈbɔ̃ ˌgreɪ ˈmal ˌgreɪ /

adverb

French.

1. whether willing or not; willy-nilly.

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Example Sentences

However, bon gré mal gré, Father Gordon had had to submit to Monsignor.

From Evelyn Innes by Moore, George (George Augustus)

This was why he had such a horror of those masterful and dominant spirits which insist on being obeyed, bon gré mal gré, and would have every one give way to them.

From The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales by Camus, Jean Pierre

So Madame Marotte was carried off, bon gré, mal gré, to a dancing-booth, where gentlemen were admitted on payment of forty centimes per head, and ladies went in free.

From In the Days of My Youth by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford

What he did comprehend was, that the moment had come when, bon gré mal gré, he was called upon to acquit himself of the commission with which Morelos had entrusted him.

From The Tiger Hunter by Reid, Mayne

Is there not something in the unconscious training of birth and position, when, bon gré, mal gré, there is a big part in the world's social business to be played?

From The Mating of Lydia by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.