Meanings
comparative more randomly · superlative most randomly
- In a random manner.
I just randomly remembered this dream from 2 years ago.
2 more examples
It is easy to implement, is not cost-prohibitive, and provides unbiased randomly sampled data in an ethically acceptable manner.
2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 12Every microgame lasts five seconds until it shifts to the next randomly selected ruleset.
2020 June 6, Alan Bernal, “Overwatch gets crazy minigames with epic WarioWare-inspired mod”, in Dexerto - computingBy random access; at any point at a given time; not sequentially.
When a file is accessed randomly, the programmer must specify the relative record number.
1989, M. K. Roy, Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar, COBOL Programming, page 314
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a random manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic عَشْوَائِيًّا
- عَشْوَائِيًّا (ʕašwāʔiyyan)in a random way
Catalan aleatòriament, a l'atzar
- aleatòriamentin a random way
- a l'atzarin a random way
Chinese Mandarin 随机
- 随机 (suíjī)in a random way
Danish tilfældigt, vilkårligt
- tilfældigtin a random way
- vilkårligtin a random way
Finnish satunnaisesti, sattumanvaraisesti
- satunnaisestiin a random way
- sattumanvaraisestiin a random way
French en vrac, par hasard
- en vracin a random way
- par hasardin a random way
- accidentellementin a random way
German zufällig
- zufälligin a random way
Greek τυχαία
- τυχαία (tychaía)in a random way
Hindi यदृच्छया, यादृच्छिकतः
- यदृच्छया (yadŕcchayā)in a random way
- यादृच्छिकतः (yādŕcchiktaḥ)in a random way
Latin temere
- temerein a random way
Polish losowo, przypadkowo
- losowoin a random way
- przypadkowoin a random way
Portuguese aleatoriamente, ao acaso
- aleatoriamentein a random way
- ao acasoin a random way
Slovak náhodne
- náhodnein a random way
Spanish al azar, alrandon
- al azarin a random way
- alrandonin a random way
- a voleoin a random way
- al voleoin a random way
Turkish rastgele
- rastgelein a random way
Cite this entry
randomly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/randomly
“randomly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/randomly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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