at random

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at random

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Randomly, haphazardly. It was a long, difficult business, for the coins were of all countries and sizes — doubloons, and louis d’ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight, and I know not what besides, all shaken together at random.

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prep_phrase randomly

Español	al azar
Português	a esmo, ao acaso, aleatoriamente, randomicamente
Français	au hasard, de manière aléatoire, aléatoirement
Deutsch	zufällig, willkürlich, wahllos, stichprobenartig, stichprobenhaft, aufs Geratewohl
Italiano	alla spicciolata, in ordine sparso, a casaccio
Ελληνικά	τυχαία tychaía
العربية	عَشْوَائِيًّا ʕašwāʔiyyan

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@misc{at_random_2026,
  title = {at random},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/at%20random},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}