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randomly

[ran-duhm-lee] / ˈræn dəm li /
ADVERB
anyhow
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anyway
WEAK
about any which way around at any rate at random haphazard haphazardly helter-skelter however in any case in any respect in any way in either way in one way or another in whatever way nevertheless random regardless under any circumstances whatever happens willy-nilly
ADVERB
casually
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aimlessly
WEAK
haphazardly inconstantly
ADVERB
every which way
Synonyms
STRONGEST
haphazardly
WEAK
all over the place at every turn everyway everywhere everywhither in all directions in all manner of ways in every quarter indiscriminately irregularly
ADVERB
haphazardly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aimlessly carelessly casually
WEAK
accidentally by chance inconstantly
ADVERB
helter-skelter
Synonyms
STRONGEST
haphazard headlong jumbled
WEAK
about any which way anyhow anywise around at random cluttered disorderly hastily higgledy-piggledy hit-or-miss hotfoot hurriedly impetuously in confusion incautiously incontinently irregular muddled pell-mell random rashly recklessly topsy-turvy tumultuously unmindfully wildly
Antonyms
WEAK
carefully methodical organized straight systematic
ADVERB
incoherently
Synonyms
WEAK
aimlessly ambiguously brokenly chaotically confusedly disconnectedly discontinuously disjointedly drunkenly frantically frenziedly illegibly illogically incomprehensibly indistinctly ineptly sloppily spasmodically uncertainly unclearly unintelligibly unrecognizably unsystematically wildly

Example Sentences

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We found the same pattern in three online experiments in which participants played the role of complaint handlers and were randomly shown either an original complaint or an AI-edited version of the same complaint.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The study -- conducted at the Shark Reef Marine Reserve in Fiji -- found that bull sharks do not simply mix randomly.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

Fans who are randomly selected to participate in the first ticket drop will be notified via email between March 31 and April 7 with information and their assigned time slot to purchase tickets.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Participants were randomly assigned to one of four listening conditions:

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

We randomly choose a path and take it, having no idea what number we’re headed for.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.