Meanings
comparative more haphazardly · superlative most haphazardly
- In a haphazard manner; in a random, chaotic, and incomplete manner.
“This claim, like Frankenstein’s Monster, has been haphazardly stitched together,” wrote Brann.
2020 November 22, Jan Wolfe, Tom Hals, quoting Matthew Brann, “U.S. judge calls Trump claim challenging Biden win in Pennsylvania 'Frankenstein's Monster'”, in Reuters, retrieved 29 Nov 20201 more example
Sorcery is not the exclusive prerogative of the fetish-man, but is practised haphazardly by anyone who wishes to cast a spell upon another.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 178Synonyms: at random, haphazard, randomly, willy-nilly, arse about face, chaotically, disorderedly, disorganizedly
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn a haphazard manner; in a random, chaotic, and incomplete manner.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbin a random manner
adverbwithout care; in a slapdash manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan a tort i a dret, a la babalà
- a tort i a dretin a haphazard manner
- a la babalàin a haphazard manner
Dutch om het even wat
- om het even watin a haphazard manner
Esperanto kiel ajn
- kiel ajnin a haphazard manner
Finnish sattumanvaraisesti, umpimähkään
- sattumanvaraisestiin a haphazard manner
- umpimähkäänin a haphazard manner
French n'importe comment, au petit bonheur
- n'importe commentin a haphazard manner
- au petit bonheurin a haphazard manner
German planlos, wahllos
- planlosin a haphazard manner
- wahllosin a haphazard manner
- willkürlichin a haphazard manner
- zufälligin a haphazard manner
Greek όπως όπως
- όπως όπως (ópos ópos)in a haphazard manner
Italian a caso
- a casoin a haphazard manner
Norwegian tilfeldig, tilfeldigvis
- tilfeldigin a haphazard manner
- tilfeldigvisin a haphazard manner
Polish na chybił trafił, chaotycznie
- na chybił trafiłin a haphazard manner
- chaotyczniein a haphazard manner
Portuguese atabalhoadamente
- atabalhoadamentein a haphazard manner
Spanish a la remanguillé, a tontas y a locas
- a la remanguilléin a haphazard manner
- a tontas y a locasin a haphazard manner
- a salto de matain a haphazard manner
- sin sonin a haphazard manner
- sin ton ni sonin a haphazard manner
- sin ton y sin sonin a haphazard manner
- al tuntúnin a haphazard manner
- al buen tuntúnin a haphazard manner
Swedish händelsevis, tillfällig
- händelsevisin a haphazard manner
- tillfälligin a haphazard manner
- slumpmässigin a haphazard manner
Thai สุ่มสี่สุ่มห้า
- สุ่มสี่สุ่มห้าin a haphazard manner
Turkish gelişigüzel, ölçüsüz
- gelişigüzelin a haphazard manner
- ölçüsüzin a haphazard manner
- plânsızin a haphazard manner
- rasgelein a haphazard manner
- rastgelein a haphazard manner
- tesâdüfenin a haphazard manner
Cite this entry
haphazardly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haphazardly
“haphazardly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haphazardly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haphazardly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haphazardly.
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