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
An innovative 1945 work, a concerto for piano and orchestra called “Lousadzak,” used elements of aleatory music, with instruments repeating phrases in random, uncoordinated fashion.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2011
The whole aleatory interest is a field for this kind of general dogmas of the application of fundamental principles to classes of cases.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner