nolens volens

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

, Latin.

nolens volens

/ ˈnəʊlɛnz ˈvəʊlɛnz /

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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