Meanings
prepositional phrase
- Randomly, haphazardly.
It was a long, difficult business, for the coins were of all countries and sizes — doubloons, and louis d’ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight, and I know not what besides, all shaken together at random.
1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a random manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek εἰκῇ
- εἰκῇ (eikēî)randomly
Arabic عَشْوَائِيًّا
- عَشْوَائِيًّا (ʕašwāʔiyyan)randomly
Danish tilfældigt, vilkårligt
- tilfældigtrandomly
- vilkårligtrandomly
Dutch à la dol
- à la dolrandomly
Esperanto hazarde
- hazarderandomly
Finnish umpimähkään, satunnaisesti
- umpimähkäänrandomly
- satunnaisestirandomly
- sattumanvaraisestirandomly
French au hasard, de manière aléatoire
- au hasardrandomly
- de manière aléatoirerandomly
- aléatoirementrandomly
German zufällig, willkürlich
- zufälligrandomly
- willkürlichrandomly
- wahllosrandomly
- stichprobenartigrandomly
- stichprobenhaftrandomly
- aufs Geratewohlrandomly
Greek τυχαία
- τυχαία (tychaía)randomly
Italian alla spicciolata, in ordine sparso
- alla spicciolatarandomly
- in ordine sparsorandomly
- a casacciorandomly
Latin temere, per saturam
- temererandomly
- per saturamrandomly
Polish na chybił trafił, wyrywkowo
- na chybił trafiłrandomly
- wyrywkoworandomly
Portuguese a esmo, ao acaso
- a esmorandomly
- ao acasorandomly
- aleatoriamenterandomly
- randomicamenterandomly
Slovak náhodne
- náhodnerandomly
Spanish al azar
- al azarrandomly
Swedish på högt, på måfå
- på högtrandomly
- på måfårandomly
Thai อย่างสุ่ม
- อย่างสุ่ม (yàang-sùm)randomly
Cite this entry
APA
at random. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20random
MLA
“at random.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20random. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “at random,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20random.
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