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
When a mysterious and legendary skeleton, badly injured, randomly resurfaced in 2018, an interdisciplinary team of researchers went to work to find out who the person was.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
The adults were randomly separated into two groups.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Before the case can proceed as a class action, a judge who is randomly assigned to the case must decide whether to grant it that status.
—Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Nov. 2025
The multiplier is automatically included and randomly assigned for every play at the time of purchase.
—Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The pattern was applied randomly, which turned out to be incredibly time-consuming.
—Elizabeth Kiefer, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 2025
The winner will be randomly drawn from all valid entries received and shall be notified by Future by a social media post within 28 days of the closing date, and will be required to supply details of a US delivery address.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Place remaining ½ cup chocolate chips randomly on teddy bear faces, avoiding mouth area.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Screws and bolts are affixed randomly throughout the design including coils on the lace tips.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
The adults were randomly separated into two groups.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Before the case can proceed as a class action, a judge who is randomly assigned to the case must decide whether to grant it that status.
—Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Nov. 2025
The multiplier is automatically included and randomly assigned for every play at the time of purchase.
—Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The pattern was applied randomly, which turned out to be incredibly time-consuming.
—Elizabeth Kiefer, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 2025
The winner will be randomly drawn from all valid entries received and shall be notified by Future by a social media post within 28 days of the closing date, and will be required to supply details of a US delivery address.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Place remaining ½ cup chocolate chips randomly on teddy bear faces, avoiding mouth area.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Screws and bolts are affixed randomly throughout the design including coils on the lace tips.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for randomly
Adverb
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Due to their minimalist design, these mule sneakers are easy to pair with a nice outfit while on vacation, or wear casually with a cute matching set to go to the airport.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Nov. 2025
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At the time, an insider told People magazine that Aniston and Curtis were casually dating and having fun.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Yet Rioux won’t be able to hear it up there, anyway.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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But some Pensacola flights were among those affected anyway.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Court records alleged Bush stepped in front of and pushed an officer who was attempting to arrest another man acting erratically with a gun at a restaurant.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025
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Deputies pulled over Bocio in Islamorada after the taxi was seen driving erratically, per Linhardt.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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That means giving back, informally, to fulfill teachers’ wish lists and with the Eagles Autism Foundation.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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So, is the idea to replicate the British pub experience of people discussing hot topics informally?—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Produced by Yann Zenou (YZE) and Nicolas Duval Adassovsky (ADNP/QUAD), the film stars Poelvoorde as Jean Chevalin, a bumbling trickster who accidentally deserts the army in 1940s France and must protect his family from the advancing Nazi threat.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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In those moments, characters have good reason to accidentally reveal themselves, in a seamless way that a lot of exposition can’t get at.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Typical blueberries are made and shipped haphazardly, Magami said, with no accountability for quality.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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In fact, it's all done rather haphazardly, but with inherent purpose, which is exactly how a true Southern cook runs a kitchen.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Located on Avenida Eixo Monumental (Monumental Axis), the city’s central avenue, the highrise hotel has an unexpected façade, with windows arranged irregularly.—
Greyson Ferguson,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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This typically occurs in galaxies that have massive, dusty disks, are irregularly shaped, or that either are now interacting with or have recently gravitationally interacted with a massive neighbor.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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This way of peering at screen culture from an inexact distance, which also comes up in a scolding scene where Ethan scrolls aimlessly through something like TikTok, rankles in a play that is otherwise so precise about physical time and space.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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The primary concern will be Melissa’s slow crawl through the central Caribbean as the storm spins aimlessly south of Hispaniola.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Randomly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/randomly. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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