adverb
1. in a random manner (Freq. 1)
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the houses were randomly scattered
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bullets were fired into the crowd at random
• Syn: ↑randomly, ↑haphazardly, ↑willy-nilly, ↑arbitrarily, ↑at random, ↑every which way
• Derived from adjective: ↑haphazard (for: ↑haphazardly), ↑indiscriminate, ↑random (for: ↑randomly)
2. in an indiscriminate manner
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she reads promiscuously
• Syn: ↑promiscuously
• Derived from adjective: ↑indiscriminate, ↑promiscuous (for: ↑promiscuously)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.