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randomly

  • /ˈɹændm̩li/

Where it comes from

From random + -ly.

adverb more randomly · most randomly

  1. In a random manner. I just randomly remembered this dream from 2 years ago.
  2. By random access; at any point at a given time; not sequentially. When a file is accessed randomly, the programmer must specify the relative record number.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: willy-nilly, arbitrarily, haphazardly, indiscriminately, at random, randomized, coincidentally, arbitrary, incidentally, accidentally, willfully, lightly, casually, blindly, wantonly, aimlessly

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adv in a random way

Españolal azar, alrandon, a voleo, al voleo
中文随机 suíjī
हिन्दीयदृच्छया yadŕcchayā, यादृच्छिकतः yādŕcchiktaḥ
Portuguêsaleatoriamente, ao acaso
Françaisen vrac, par hasard, accidentellement
Deutschzufällig
Ελληνικάτυχαία tychaía
العربيةعَشْوَائِيًّا ʕašwāʔiyyan

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@misc{randomly_2026,
  title = {randomly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/randomly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}