as in randomly
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method
wandered aimlessly through the forest until we were hopelessly lost
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Recent Examples of aimlessly
The scene where groundskeeper Walter (Marcus Henderson) runs aimlessly across the lawn borders on the ridiculous, but, without getting into spoilers, the only other mistake Peele makes is the film's antagonist.
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Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
Others from the church wandered almost aimlessly, looking for family members.
—Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 5 Oct. 2025
But Brentford did not just aimlessly hammer balls forward.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Russia has been fighting aimlessly for three and a half years a War that should have taken a Real Military Power less than a week to win.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Instead of letting our legs carry us aimlessly down the road with our minds interrogating every step, our thumbs pose too simple a question to which our smartphones are pleased to give us too simple an answer.
—Paul Greenberg, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
Parties and shows that I was either given bad directions to and that couldn’t be found in an entire night of aimlessly driving.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
His trash cans and other storage bins floated aimlessly about his house.
—Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Though mentally, the Los Angeles band has been wandering for the past few years — not aimlessly, but in pursuit of a path forward.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
Others from the church wandered almost aimlessly, looking for family members.
—Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 5 Oct. 2025
But Brentford did not just aimlessly hammer balls forward.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Russia has been fighting aimlessly for three and a half years a War that should have taken a Real Military Power less than a week to win.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Instead of letting our legs carry us aimlessly down the road with our minds interrogating every step, our thumbs pose too simple a question to which our smartphones are pleased to give us too simple an answer.
—Paul Greenberg, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
Parties and shows that I was either given bad directions to and that couldn’t be found in an entire night of aimlessly driving.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
His trash cans and other storage bins floated aimlessly about his house.
—Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Though mentally, the Los Angeles band has been wandering for the past few years — not aimlessly, but in pursuit of a path forward.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aimlessly
randomly
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The multiplier is automatically included and randomly assigned for every play at the time of purchase.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Just different things will randomly happen that’ll make the game more enjoyable.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Aimlessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aimlessly. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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