randomly
adverb
uk/ˈræn.dəm.li/us/ˈræn.dəm.li/C1
in a way thathappens, is done, or ischosenbychanceratherthanaccordingto aplan:
Thebookswere randomlyarrangedon theshelves.
Interviewees werechosenrandomly.
informal
in a way that isunexpectedor does notseemto have anyreasonorcause:
随机的;任意的He just randomlyshoutsstuff.他只是随意地喊着什么。
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random
- Thecandidateswere randomlyselectedby acomputer.
- Participants were randomlyassignedto one of threetreatments.
- randomlygeneratedemailaddresses
- He would randomly show up at myhouseat 7 a.m.
- You can't just randomly take things that don'tbelongto you.
Chance and randomness
- accident
- aleatory
- arbitrarily
- arbitrariness
- arbitrary
- even-money
- fluke
- fluky
- fortuitous
- fortuitously
- long shot
- luck
- luck intosomething
- more by accident than designidiom
- more by luck than judgmentidiom
- randomize
- randomized
- randomness
- serendipitous
- stumble intosomething
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Not expected or planned