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RANDOMLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

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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

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

random (lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance)

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 Context examples: 

Microscopically, randomly arranged epithelial elements are seen.

(Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Not Otherwise Specified, NCI Thesaurus)

It has a short, hard, dense coat of pure white with characteristic black or liver colored spots randomly splashed over it.

(Dalmatian, NCI Thesaurus)

A randomly selected pill from a blister pack.

(Biospecimen, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

The study involved monitoring 4,556 infants — some placed randomly in a group that received the synbiotic and another group on a placebo — for over two months.

(Friendly gut bacteria can help fight infant deaths, SciDev.Net )

In the densest regions, protostars ignite and begin to drift about randomly.

(Dramatic Stellar Fireworks of Star Birth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

During sleep, participants were exposed to fast flows of pure sounds, either randomly organized or structured in such a way that the auditory stream could be statistically grouped into sets of 3 elements.

(Learning While Sleeping?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Each pair was randomly selected to watch a 20-minute edited version of the PG-rated films "The Rocketeer" or "National Treasure" that did or did not contain guns.

(Better Not to Show Kids Movies with Guns, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Before beginning, participants were randomly instructed to place their smartphones either on the desk face down, in their pocket or personal bag, or in another room.

(Presence of Smartphone Reduces Brain Power, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In the densest regions, protostars ignite and begin to drift about randomly.

(ALMA Captures Dramatic Stellar Fireworks, ESO)

The first 25 patients who lacked known beneficial bacteria were enrolled into the study and randomly assigned to the different treatment groups: 14 received auto-FMT by enema and 11 received standard-of-care.

(Fecal microbiota transplantation helps restore beneficial bacteria in cancer patients, National Institutes of Health)