Randomly

//ˈɹændm̩li// adv

adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a random manner.

    "I just randomly remembered this dream from 2 years ago."

  2. 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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a random manner wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
aboutaimlesslyanyhowarbitrarilyaroundat random

Example

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"He had no other choice but to choose the names randomly."

Etymology

From random + -ly.

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