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 went to his bedroom door; it was locked from the outside, so I perforce remained where I was, to, nolens volens, witness the finish of last night's interview.

From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida

If the world was to be converted nolens volens it might as well have been peopled from the first by beings incapable of error.

From Pastor Pastorum by Latham, Rev. Henry

My old garde-chasse insisted on my starting early this morning, nolens volens, to certain lochs six or seven miles off, in order, as he termed it, to take our 'satisfaction' of the swans.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various

The king sent his ambassadors with the message that the young girl should be sent nolens volens.

From Italian Popular Tales by Crane, Thomas Frederick