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nolens volens (NO-lens VO-lens) adverb
Whether willingly or unwillingly (mostly the latter), willy-nilly.
[From Latin, from nolens, present participle of nolle (to be unwilling)
+ volens, present participle of velle (to wish or to be willing).]
"Prince Duong-Chaer, third son of King Norodom of Cambodia, was yesterday
compelled nolens volens to leave Paris for Algeria."
In Our Pages; International Herald Tribune (Paris, France); Aug 27, 1993.
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