Arbitrarily

adv

adv ·5 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an arbitrary manner.

    "The winner was chosen arbitrarily."

  2. 2
    To an arbitrary degree.

    "an arbitrarily large number"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a random manner wordnet

Synonyms

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randomlyallocate randomlyat randomcapriciouslydistribute randomlyevery which way

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"For the sake of completeness, let us mention that the ring R, considered as a module over itself, has submodules of arbitrarily large finite length."

Etymology

From arbitrary + -ly.

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