"at random" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

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  1. Randomly, haphazardly. Translations (randomly): εἰκῇ (eikêi) (Ancient Greek), عَشْوَائِيًّا (ʕašwāʔiyyan) (Arabic), tilfældigt (Danish), vilkårligt (Danish), umpimähkään (Finnish), satunnaisesti (Finnish), sattumanvaraisesti (Finnish), au hasard (French), de manière aléatoire (French), aléatoirement (French), ó chou (Galician), ás baroutas (Galician), ás toas (Galician), a esmo (Galician), zufällig (German), willkürlich (German), wahllos (German), stichprobenartig (German), stichprobenhaft (German), τυχαία (tychaía) (Greek), alla spicciolata (Italian), in ordine sparso (Italian), a casaccio (Italian), temere (Latin), per saturam (Latin), од тепка (od tepka) (Macedonian), на среќа (na sreḱa) (Macedonian), напосоки (naposoki) (Macedonian), na chybił trafił (Polish), a esmo (Portuguese), ao acaso (Portuguese), aleatoriamente (Portuguese), randomicamente (Portuguese), náhodne (Slovak), al azar (Spanish), på högt (Swedish), på måfå (Swedish), อย่างสุ่ม (yàang-sùm) (Thai)
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          "word": "alla spicciolata"
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          "sense": "randomly",
          "word": "in ordine sparso"
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          "word": "a casaccio"
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          "code": "mk",
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          "roman": "od tepka",
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          "roman": "na sreḱa",
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