arbitrarily

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arbitrarily

adverb more arbitrarily · most arbitrarily

  1. In an arbitrary manner. The winner was chosen arbitrarily.

    Opposite: unarbitrarily

  2. To an arbitrary degree. an arbitrarily large number

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Closest in meaning: willy-nilly, indiscriminately, haphazardly, randomly, at random, unreasonably, unjustly, unfairly, unjustifiably, recklessly, senselessly, casually, willfully, freely, artificially, wilfully

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adv in an arbitrary manner

Españolarbitrariamente, a dedo
日本語任意に nin'i ni
中文任意地 rènyì de
Portuguêsarbitrariamente
Françaisarbitrairement
Deutschbeliebig
Italianoarbitrariamente
Ελληνικάαυθαίρετα afthaíreta
Românăarbitrar, arbitraricește, în mod arbitrar
Русскийпроизво́льно proizvólʹno

adv to an arbitrary degree

Deutschbeliebig

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@misc{arbitrarily_2026,
  title = {arbitrarily},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arbitrarily},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}