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
His trash cans and other storage bins floated aimlessly about his house.
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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
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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Opponents of the idea see a hand on the scale and a new label on a socialist effort to redistribute wealth and opportunity randomly and haphazardly without a thought as to possible consequences.—
John Scott Lewinski,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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These options let the computer randomly generate numbers for you.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Aimlessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aimlessly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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