Nilly is an English word starting with the letter N. With 10+ example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.
Using Nilly
- In the example corpus, nilly often appears in combinations such as: willy nilly.
Context around Nilly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nilly
- In this selection, "nilly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, willy, results, sometimes and using stand out and add context to how "nilly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all willy nilly and expect and amend willy nilly using their. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nilly" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nilly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Grabbing our attention willy-nilly? (5 words)
Willy-nilly, your time will be wasted. (7 words)
It aims to persuade, not to impose views willy-nilly. (10 words)
A memory that Jackie had already brought up earlier in the episode in the context of Bev being an uncaring mother who would just dump her kids off willy nilly for long stretches. (33 words)
Some of the more autocratic members of the National Command Council seem to be just in their element issuing directives willy-nilly, sometimes with logic on their side and sometimes without. (31 words)
This means spending less on vulgar entertainment, super-fancy food, ostentatious clothing, extravagant vacations and other luxury goods – which, willy-nilly, is the situation we’ve all been forced into now. (31 words)
Grabbing our attention willy-nilly? (5 words)
Do we really want to be sending players off willy-nilly and near ruining every contest? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
Those that opt to toss around the skeleton-of-thought (SoT) method and do so willy-nilly are bound to get willy-nilly results.
A memory that Jackie had already brought up earlier in the episode in the context of Bev being an uncaring mother who would just dump her kids off willy nilly for long stretches.
Before we start tapping trees willy-nilly, we need to pick the trees of a certain size with sap containing the most sugars.
Grabbing our attention willy-nilly?
The data brokerage industry is pretty much totally unregulated, allowing for an assortment of unsavory customers to buy Americans’ data willy nilly.
I don’t think Carrick will pitch kids willy-nilly into the side next season.
It aims to persuade, not to impose views willy-nilly.
However, players who want to maximize their character builds might not want to use Skills willy-nilly.
Some of the more autocratic members of the National Command Council seem to be just in their element issuing directives willy-nilly, sometimes with logic on their side and sometimes without.
There's a lot of force being contained, you can't just start at one end all willy nilly and expect it not to break.
This means spending less on vulgar entertainment, super-fancy food, ostentatious clothing, extravagant vacations and other luxury goods – which, willy-nilly, is the situation we’ve all been forced into now.
Willy-nilly, your time will be wasted.
At the same time, when you see Cyborg in the Justice League, he’s not out there fighting crime, willy-nilly.
Do we really want to be sending players off willy-nilly and near ruining every contest?
He does not willy-nilly his way through life, reacting to life’s vicissitudes as if he were rudderless.
She hates that I let apps access my location willy nilly.
But if we are constantly anxious about the growth of the tree, willy-nilly we place impediments in its growth.
Constitutions must be sacred and not a playing ground for politicians to amend willy-nilly using their majority because then the essence of making Constitutions is lost.
Overwhelmed, states farther down the trail, such as Austria and Hungary, closed their borders at various points, shifting migrant flows willy-nilly and rankling the nerves of other European publics.
The US, like an international bully that it has always been, does not waste time flexing its economic might, imposing sanctions willy-nilly.
Common combinations with nilly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: