adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/hæpˈhæzədli/
US:/hæpˈhæzɚdli/
US:/hæfˈhæzɚdli/
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CMU ARPABET:HH AE1 F AH0 Z ER0 D L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:HH AE0 P HH AE1 Z ER0 D L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
In a haphazard manner; in a random, chaotic, and incomplete manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adverb
Meaning 2
in a random manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the houses were randomly scattered
bullets were fired into the crowd at random
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: randomly, indiscriminately, willy-nilly, arbitrarily, at random, every which way
Antonyms: none provided
3
adverb
Meaning 3
without care; in a slapdash manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the Prime Minister was wearing a grey suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: haphazard
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English haphazard Middle English -ly English -ly English haphazardly From haphazard + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
tezbazar
— in a haphazard manner
Catalan:
a tort i a dret
— in a haphazard manner
Catalan:
a la babalà
— in a haphazard manner
Dutch:
om het even wat
— in a haphazard manner
Esperanto:
kiel ajn
— in a haphazard manner
Finnish:
sattumanvaraisesti
— in a haphazard manner
Finnish:
umpimähkään
— in a haphazard manner
French:
n'importe comment
— in a haphazard manner
French:
au petit bonheur
— in a haphazard manner
Galician:
ao azar
— in a haphazard manner
Galician:
a torto e a dereito
— in a haphazard manner
Galician:
de calquera xeito
— in a haphazard manner
German:
planlos
— in a haphazard manner
German:
wahllos
— in a haphazard manner
German:
willkürlich
— in a haphazard manner
German:
zufällig
— in a haphazard manner
Greek:
όπως όπως
(ópos ópos)
— in a haphazard manner
Italian:
a caso
— in a haphazard manner
Norwegian:
tilfeldig
— in a haphazard manner
Norwegian:
tilfeldigvis
— in a haphazard manner
Polish:
na chybił trafił
— in a haphazard manner
Polish:
chaotycznie
— in a haphazard manner
Portuguese:
atabalhoadamente
— in a haphazard manner
Spanish:
a diestro y siniestro
— in a haphazard manner
Spanish:
a la remanguillé
— in a haphazard manner
Spanish:
a tontas y a locas
— in a haphazard manner
Spanish:
a salto de mata
— in a haphazard manner
Spanish:
de cualquier modo
— in a haphazard manner
Spanish:
sin ton ni son
— in a haphazard manner
Spanish:
sin son
— in a haphazard manner
Spanish:
sin ton y sin son
— in a haphazard manner
Spanish:
a diestra y siniestra
— in a haphazard manner
