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randomly

adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

In a random manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

By random access; at any point at a given time; not sequentially.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

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: indiscriminately, haphazardly, willy-nilly, arbitrarily, at random, every which way

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From random + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَشْوَائِيًّا (ʕašwāʔiyyan) — in a random way
  • Catalan: aleatòriament — in a random way
  • Catalan: a l'atzar — in a random way
  • Chinese Mandarin: 随机 (suíjī) — in a random way
  • Danish: tilfældigt — in a random way
  • Danish: vilkårligt — in a random way
  • Finnish: satunnaisesti — in a random way
  • Finnish: sattumanvaraisesti — in a random way
  • French: en vrac — in a random way
  • French: par hasard — in a random way
  • French: accidentellement — in a random way
  • Galician: ó chou — in a random way
  • Galician: a eito — in a random way
  • Galician: aleatoriamente — in a random way
  • German: zufällig — in a random way
  • Greek: τυχαία (tychaía) — in a random way
  • Hindi: यदृच्छया (yadŕcchayā) — in a random way
  • Hindi: यादृच्छिकतः (yādŕcchiktaḥ) — in a random way
  • Latin: temere — in a random way
  • Occitan: a l'azard — in a random way
  • Occitan: a l'asard — in a random way
  • Polish: losowo — in a random way
  • Polish: przypadkowo — in a random way
  • Portuguese: aleatoriamente — in a random way
  • Portuguese: ao acaso — in a random way
  • Slovak: náhodne — in a random way
  • Spanish: al azar — in a random way
  • Spanish: alrandon — in a random way
  • Turkish: rastgele — in a random way
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