Definitions

randomly

[ran-duhm-lee] / ˈræn dəm li /

ADVERB

anyhow

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anyway

WEAK

about any which way around at any rate at random haphazard haphazardly helter-skelter however in any case in any respect in any way in either way in one way or another in whatever way nevertheless random regardless under any circumstances whatever happens willy-nilly

ADVERB

casually

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aimlessly

WEAK

haphazardly inconstantly

ADVERB

every which way

Synonyms

STRONGEST

haphazardly

WEAK

all over the place at every turn everyway everywhere everywhither in all directions in all manner of ways in every quarter indiscriminately irregularly

ADVERB

haphazardly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aimlessly carelessly casually

WEAK

accidentally by chance inconstantly

ADVERB

helter-skelter

Synonyms

STRONGEST

haphazard headlong jumbled

WEAK

about any which way anyhow anywise around at random cluttered disorderly hastily higgledy-piggledy hit-or-miss hotfoot hurriedly impetuously in confusion incautiously incontinently irregular muddled pell-mell random rashly recklessly topsy-turvy tumultuously unmindfully wildly

Antonyms

WEAK

carefully methodical organized straight systematic

ADVERB

incoherently

Synonyms

WEAK

aimlessly ambiguously brokenly chaotically confusedly disconnectedly discontinuously disjointedly drunkenly frantically frenziedly illegibly illogically incomprehensibly indistinctly ineptly sloppily spasmodically uncertainly unclearly unintelligibly unrecognizably unsystematically wildly

Example Sentences

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Compare the number of winners to the number of ways the whole assemblage could be randomly jumbled.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Participants in the trial were randomly assigned to one of four groups: daily cocoa extract and multivitamin; daily cocoa extract and placebo; placebo and multivitamin; or placebo only.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Serna also criticized the deputy’s actions during the encounter, saying, “They randomly go into someone’s house and do whatever they want.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has had to instruct some of its AI tools to stop talking about "goblins", after finding the term had randomly crept into responses.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

We follow behind it, taking our cue from Maddie, who calls out cheers and randomly yells, “Woo hoo,” when things get too quiet.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

randomly

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