randomly
adv/ˈɹændm̩li/
Etymology From random + -ly.
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In a random manner.
- I just randomly remembered this dream from 2 years ago.
- It is easy to implement, is not cost-prohibitive, and provides unbiased randomly sampled data in an ethically acceptable manner.2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 12:
1 more example
- Every microgame lasts five seconds until it shifts to the next randomly selected ruleset.2020 June 6, Alan Bernal, “Overwatch gets crazy minigames with epic WarioWare-inspired mod”, in Dexerto:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences By random access; at any point at a given time; not sequentially.
- When a file is accessed randomly, the programmer must specify the relative record number.1989, M. K. Roy, Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar, COBOL Programming, page 314:
- Derived terms
- nonrandomly, pseudorandomly, quasirandomly, semirandomly