aleatory
Example Sentences
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The tonal lurching makes “Cardinal” feel whimsical and even a bit aleatory, like a John Cage sonata.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2018
The white-on-white markings can be seen as aleatory wall drawings.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2017
As a generation from whom little was expected, we cultivated an aleatory, “slacker” ethos—well depicted in Richard Linklater’s film of the same name.
From Salon ● May 25, 2013
He was also an important literary innovator who picked up where the Surrealists left off, pioneering the Cut-Up Method, the aleatory springboard for Burroughs’s best writing.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2010
That is why primitive men never could carry on the struggle for existence, disregarding the aleatory element and employing a utilitarian method only.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
