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

For years, league executives have informally surveyed players about how to fix the Pro Bowl.

— Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
People have been informally betting on Mother Nature for more than 100 years, Pietruska said, dating to the 1880s when people in India would gamble on whether a rain gauge would overflow during a monsoon.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of informally

Adverb

There’s no greater bond than women who accidentally killed their evil boss together.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026
Anne Arundel County fire officials said on Monday that the homeowner was working on the home's HVAC system when a propane line was accidentally cut.

— Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 24 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

Why AFib can be difficult to catch AFib causes the heart's upper chambers to beat irregularly.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 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

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
While aimlessly scrolling one day, Maruša comes across Alja (Klara Kuk), a nurse living in a small coastal town in Germany.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of aimlessly

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