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[ adverb ] in a random manner

Examples

"the houses were randomly scattered" "bullets were fired into the crowd at random"

Used in print

(Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)

It is characterized by the presence of incompletely developed secondary lobules ; well defined , but haphazardly arranged , interlobular septa and a thick , remarkably vascular pleura ( fig. 9 ) .

2
[ adverb ] without care; in a slapdash manner

Synonyms

haphazard

Examples

"the Prime Minister was wearing a gray suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard"

Related terms

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