RANDOMLY Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

randomly

adverb

Definition of randomly

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 In another, they were instructed to answer the questions randomly. — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 The bowls moved around the water and randomly collided with one another. — Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 28 Aug. 2026 The researchers also couldn’t randomly assign people to take or skip their medication. — Rob Williams, EverydayHealth.com, 27 Aug. 2026 Accounts from police and the homeowner piece together an encounter that began with the suspect fleeing arrest and threatening pursuing police officers with a gun, then randomly running into a home on Goodyear Street for refuge. — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026 The researchers used data originally collected for the COSMOS trial, through which more than 21,000 healthy older adults were randomly assigned to take a multivitamin, a cocoa supplement, both, or two placebos every day for several years. — Jamie Ducharme, HEALTH, 25 Aug. 2026 Applications are now open for a new committee whose members may be randomly selected to review library books submitted for reconsideration. — Ashley Paul, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 After he’s randomly slapped by multiple women, Barney commandeers Ted and Marshall’s March Madness bracket to figure out which of his past conquests is sabotaging his love life. — Erin Strecker, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026 Players who don't want to choose their own numbers can ask for a Quick Pick or Easy Pick, which randomly generates numbers. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for randomly

Adverb

Reichenbach said it’s been alarming to her to see how casually her neighbors treat measles.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Sexualizing black women and casually mocking working class women is not accepted anymore.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of casually

Adverb

Her husband, Bobby Lane, was driving Otwell and their two children from their Wilmar home to the Walmart in Monticello when an Arkansas State Police cruiser coming the opposite direction began behaving erratically.

— Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
Adair died in his cell following an altercation with multiple deputies that evening, many of whom testified Adair was being noncompliant and behaving erratically following a visit to the jail’s medical clinic.

— Sofi Zeman August 26, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of erratically

Adverb

On December 18th, an agent accidentally discharged his gun in a hotel room, hitting the headboard of a bed in the room next door.

— Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
The Young Bucks went for a BTE Trigger, but Cope accidentally speared Cage while trying to break it up.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of accidentally

Adverb

Most of my clients are letting their employees haphazardly take advantage of these things as the individually see fit.

— Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Her soft face in sleep, her loud banging of cabinets, her socks tossed haphazardly behind doors and under shelves.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of haphazardly

Adverb

The unrest follows an unprecedented surge on July 30 and 31, when more than 72,000 migrants irregularly crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, one of the European Union’s two land borders with Africa.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Someone who gets hives or has gastrointestinal distress irregularly might not identify their dinner as the trigger of the symptoms, or might assume food poisoning.

— Eva Flowe May 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026

Definition of irregularly

Adverb

The oceanfront infinity pool is my personal favorite, but if a book and aimlessly floating for hours on end sounds more appealing, the quiet pool will be just right.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
Prosecutors said Edgar then kept firing aimlessly into the crowd, hitting Schmidt and six others before he was tackled by then-Orlando police officer Michael Hernandez.

— Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of aimlessly

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