randomly

adverb

Definition of randomlynext
as in casually
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method the winner will be randomly chosen from among all of the entries

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Recent Examples of randomly The researchers will then randomly choose around 1/3 of people who submitted a lone star tick, another 1/3 of people who submitted a black legged tick and 1/3 of people who submitted a positive alpha-gal tick to the laboratory. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026 Half will be randomly assigned to take Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, according to a press release issued yesterday. — Elaine Chen, STAT, 14 Oct. 2026 Duffin presented new data from Lilly’s Surmount V clinical trial, which randomly assigned more than 700 adults who were overweight but did not have diabetes to use either tirzepatide or semaglutide for 72 weeks. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026 Using letters randomly drawn from a bag, players take turns placing words on a 15x15 board, earning points for the total value of the letters. — Sean McGowan, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2026 This thermal burst causes nearby atoms to vibrate randomly before the lattice settles down again. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026 Researchers randomly assigned each wrist to receive a saline hydrodissection procedure, a corticosteroid injection alone, or hydrodissection plus a steroid shot. — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Two deputies were shot Friday while investigating reports of a man randomly shooting at passersby in the Pink Hill area of Lenoir County, according to investigators eastern North Carolina. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026 Participants were divided into non-exercise and exercise-plus-diet groups, then randomly assigned to take either 10 grams of creatine monohydrate per day — administered in two 5-gram doses — or a placebo. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for randomly
  1. casually
  2. anyway
  3. erratically
  4. informally
  5. accidentally
  6. haphazardly
  7. irregularly
  8. aimlessly
Adverb
  • Unfortunately, there are too many cases in which an individual is chosen casually and lacks the necessary skills.
    — Elliot Raphaelson, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Chromebooks casually offer a handful of advantages over regular computers, starting with faster startup times and response rates.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of casually
Adverb
  • The activities bleed treacherously into each other—editing can involve rewriting, and writing, certainly in my case anyway, involves self-editing.
    — Lola Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
  • It is not expected to happen before Sunday’s game against Green Bay, although the new quarterback wouldn’t be active for that game anyway.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of anyway
Adverb
  • The shooting happened near Newton Plaza on CSU's main campus after Colorado State University Police Department officers initially responded to a report of a person acting erratically.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • On rare occasions, electromagnetic noise or external magnetic fields can make magnetic-switch keyboards act erratically around other electronics, as seen in the video below.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of erratically
Adverb
  • And Jeremy Allen White is Jeff Horwitz, the Wall Street Journal tech reporter with whom Haugen collaborates on an explosive series of articles informally titled The Facebook Files, exposing the toxic culture behind the company’s stratospheric reach.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Much of this is processed informally, where workers can be exposed to toxic substances while recovering valuable metals such as gold and silver.
    — Aniruddha Ghosal, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of informally
Adverb
  • Diggory and Polly are transported to Narnia from London after accidentally misusing magic rings owned by Diggory’s Uncle Andrew, played by Daniel Craig.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026
  • At the time, Affleck allowed Samuel, then 10, to sit in the driver's seat of a bright yellow Lamborghini SUV before the boy accidentally put the car into reverse and backed into a white BMW.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of accidentally
Adverb
  • Each of the nine beauty favorites below can be haphazardly thrown from your vanity into your bag and through TSA.
    — ElleAnna Revell, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The absence of a living monarch on our money, or on our travel documents, was not an accident haphazardly arrived at but a declaration of equality meant to be flourished and displayed.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of haphazardly
Adverb
  • Renderings show a brown building and a white building that are irregularly shaped and accented with colorful murals and awnings.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The court struck down procedural barriers that prevented some people from seeking asylum, including those who entered South Africa irregularly, lacked asylum transit visas or missed reporting deadlines, the committee said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of irregularly
Adverb
  • The Nuggets had aimlessly wandered through the non-Nikola Jokic minutes for years without a firm identity to survive them.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2026
  • My fork hovered aimlessly over the plate while my eyes stayed fixed on the entrance.
    — Mayur Chauhan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of aimlessly

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“Randomly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/randomly. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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