Definition of arbitrarily in English:
arbitrarily
adverb ˈɑːbɪtrəliɑːbɪˈtrɛrəliˌɑrbəˈtrɛrəli
1On the basis of random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.
recurrent infection is arbitrarily defined as three or more infections a year
Example sentencesExamples
- He later practiced decalcomania, a process that involves rubbing paint arbitrarily between two sheets of paper.
- Using the technology of bobbling (a bubble where time stands still), he can put his characters arbitrarily far into the future.
- The problem was to create a storyline that would make each arbitrarily chosen episode compatible with the others.
- The main index of proper names also shifts arbitrarily from English into French.
- Because of the small populations of these communities, villages are arbitrarily coded to protect their identity.
- Elements of the exhibition have been arranged fairly arbitrarily on a table.
- Fetal macrosomia is arbitrarily defined as a birth weight of more than 4,000 g (8 lb, 13 oz).
- Socialist realism was sometimes wielded arbitrarily as a tool of discipline by the party.
- For sensitivity analysis, we arbitrarily doubled the coefficient of fertilizer in the variance function.
- It is an unpardonable negligence to place the ornaments arbitrarily how they wish.
2Without restraint in the use of authority; autocratically.
everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily detained
Example sentencesExamples
- Regulations issued by the Imperial Army spelled out procedures intended to ensure that prisoners weren't punished arbitrarily.
- There was no evidence that the police acted in bad faith or arbitrarily when issuing those orders.
- The cases were arbitrarily submitted to procedures.
- It states that no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life.
- He was arbitrarily arrested by local police allegedly without a warrant and in violation of his rights.
- In particular, no one may be arbitrarily arrested and detained.
- It was argued that the courts arbitrarily rejected their compensation claim by applying a stricter standard of proof than to past compensation claims.
- There is no authority to detain arbitrarily.
- They resolved that the king's bench had acted arbitrarily and illegally.
- The rules of due process were designed to ensure that the government cannot arbitrarily imprison innocent people.
Definition of arbitrarily in US English:
arbitrarily
adverbˌɑrbəˈtrɛrəliˌärbəˈtrerəlē
1On the basis of random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.
recurrent infection is arbitrarily defined as three or more infections a year
Example sentencesExamples
- The main index of proper names also shifts arbitrarily from English into French.
- Using the technology of bobbling (a bubble where time stands still), he can put his characters arbitrarily far into the future.
- Because of the small populations of these communities, villages are arbitrarily coded to protect their identity.
- For sensitivity analysis, we arbitrarily doubled the coefficient of fertilizer in the variance function.
- It is an unpardonable negligence to place the ornaments arbitrarily how they wish.
- He later practiced decalcomania, a process that involves rubbing paint arbitrarily between two sheets of paper.
- The problem was to create a storyline that would make each arbitrarily chosen episode compatible with the others.
- Socialist realism was sometimes wielded arbitrarily as a tool of discipline by the party.
- Elements of the exhibition have been arranged fairly arbitrarily on a table.
- Fetal macrosomia is arbitrarily defined as a birth weight of more than 4,000 g (8 lb, 13 oz).
2Without restraint in the use of authority; autocratically.
everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily detained
Example sentencesExamples
- There was no evidence that the police acted in bad faith or arbitrarily when issuing those orders.
- They resolved that the king's bench had acted arbitrarily and illegally.
- It states that no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life.
- It was argued that the courts arbitrarily rejected their compensation claim by applying a stricter standard of proof than to past compensation claims.
- There is no authority to detain arbitrarily.
- In particular, no one may be arbitrarily arrested and detained.
- The cases were arbitrarily submitted to procedures.
- Regulations issued by the Imperial Army spelled out procedures intended to ensure that prisoners weren't punished arbitrarily.
- The rules of due process were designed to ensure that the government cannot arbitrarily imprison innocent people.
- He was arbitrarily arrested by local police allegedly without a warrant and in violation of his rights.