ままに

expression

as one pleases; as one is told; wherever one's feet take one; according to

Used after nouns or verbs to mean 'as', 'in accordance with', or 'leaving things as they are'. Often appears in set phrases like 足の向くままに or 言われるままに. The cross-reference to まま (sense 3) indicates this is the adverbial form of まま.

See also: まま

• 足あしの向むくままに歩あるいた。

  I walked wherever my feet took me.

• 彼かれは言いわれるままにお金かねを払はらった。

  He paid the money as he was told.

• 風かぜの吹ふくままに生いきたい。

  I want to live as the wind blows.