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indiscriminately, adv.|ɪndɪˈskrɪmɪnətlɪ|
[f. indiscriminate + -ly2.]
In an indiscriminate manner; without distinction; promiscuously; without the exercise of discrimination.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 179 Divines, Historians, and Poets thus speak of them indiscriminately. 1654Jer. Taylor Real Pres. i. (R.), A cloud of fire, majesty, and secrecy indiscriminately mixt together. 1774Pennant Tour Scotl. in 1772, 252 Not to shelter indiscriminately every offender. 1774J. Bryant Mythol. I. p. x, To distinguish the various people..of whom writers have so generally and indiscriminately spoken. 1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 412 The stress is laid on long and short syllables indiscriminately. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 126 They praise indiscriminately all their goods, without knowing what are really beneficial or hurtful. |