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randomly

[ran-duhm-lee] / ˈræn dəm li /

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anyhow adv.
casually adv.
every which way adv.
haphazardly adv.
helter-skelter adv.
incoherently adv.

ADVERB

anyhow

Synonyms

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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

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Citing Anthropic, the police department said the AI agent had been running a test that involved interactions with randomly selected websites, when it sent the fake tip.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

According to Anthropic's account, as relayed by police, the model was running a test that involved interacting with randomly selected websites when it reached the site and filed false information about an unsolved murder.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

The Flagg card was randomly inserted in a pack of Topps 2026 Chrome Basketball Update Series and placed on the market Aug. 6.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

In many of their models, randomly introduced variation produced greater stability than the best completely uniform configuration.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Stephanie cuts randomly, like she has no plan.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

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