randomlyadv.
/ˈrandəmli/, U.S. /ˈrændəmli/ At random; in a random manner.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > randomly or haphazardly
into uncertain1382
uncertainlya1387
at adventure (also adventures)c1390
at or on six and sevena1398
auntersa1450
at all adventure (also adventures)1485
by hab or by nab1530
at rovers (rarely rover)c1531
hab or nab1542
hitty-missy1553
rovingly1583
haphazard1600
random1619
unsight, unseena1627
happy-be-lucky1633
cross and pile1648
temerariously1669
happy-go-lucky1672
à tort et à travers1749
randomly1765
chance-medley1822
haphazardly1832
willy-nilly1908
by guess and by God (or Godfrey)1931
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adverb] > without fixed course
mislicheOE
around1596
erratically1613
random1619
deviously1742
randomly1765
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adverb] > randomly
wildlyc1369
random1619
hab nab1664
randomly1765
anyhow1828
1765 ‘Rabby Shylock’ Jew Apologist iii. xiv. 297 He names some, who blame witholding the cup..but randomly says, Transubstantiation some e'en deny.
1795 J. Albin New Hist. Isle of Wight xv. 496 Every luxuriance of vegetation, which..the trees that are randomly placed on the south, can afford.
1856 Times 20 Nov. 7/6 I was not replying randomly when I said that I was ordered to drive the engine with a broken spring.
1865 Church Times 2 Sept. 276/3 Each rode his own hobby..so randomly and violently [etc.].
1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors I. xii. 228 He talked randomly of money.
1917 Elem. School Jrnl. 17 325 The scores of these schools are probably somewhat higher than they would have been had the grades been randomly selected.
1963 T. Morris & P. Morris Pentonville iv. 75 Half the men in each group were randomly selected on the basis of throwing dice.
1980 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts Feb. 138/1 The cosmos will end in heat death with all matter randomly diffused.
2004 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 20 Sept. 3 c They..swore profusely and talked randomly about wearing underwear.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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