Haphazardly

//hæpˈhæzɚdli// adv

adv ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a haphazard manner; in a random, chaotic, and incomplete manner.

    "Sorcery is not the exclusive prerogative of the fetish-man, but is practised haphazardly by anyone who wishes to cast a spell upon another."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a random manner wordnet
  2. 2
    without care; in a slapdash manner wordnet

Synonyms

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at randomindiscriminatelyrandomlyaboutaimlesslyairily

Example

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"Sorcery is not the exclusive prerogative of the fetish-man, but is practised haphazardly by anyone who wishes to cast a spell upon another."

Etymology

From haphazard + -ly.

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