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nolens volens

[ noh-lens woh-lens; English noh-lenz voh-lenz ]

adverb

, Latin.
  1. whether willing or not; willy-nilly.


nolens volens

/ ˈnəʊlɛnz ˈvəʊlɛnz /

adverb

  1. whether willing or unwilling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Bugle sounds ‘Retreat’ all too soon, and out of the water we have to go, nolens volens.

As he goes thus far he will, nolens volens, have to go further.

Well, thank heavens, when you do come back you will be nolens volens a fixture.

To prevent re-capture they generally went into the woods, where the nuptial knot was tied by a priest nolens volens.

If man is 'metaphysical nolens volens,' it is equally true that he is metapolitical, to use Martensen's happy word, nolens volens.

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