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AT RANDOM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a random manner

Example:

bullets were fired into the crowd at random

Synonyms:

arbitrarily; at random; every which way; haphazardly; indiscriminately; randomly; willy-nilly

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 Context examples: 

It was a long, difficult business, for the coins were of all countries and sizes—doubloons, and louis d'ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight, and I know not what besides, all shaken together at random.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)