"haphazardly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /hæpˈhæzədli/ [UK], /hæpˈhæzɚdli/ [US], /hæfˈhæzɚdli/ [US] Audio: En-us-haphazardly.ogg [US] Forms: more haphazardly [comparative], most haphazardly [superlative]
Etymology: haphazard + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|haphazard|ly}} haphazard + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} haphazardly (comparative more haphazardly, superlative most haphazardly)
  1. In a haphazard manner; in a random, chaotic, and incomplete manner. Related terms: carelessly, hastily Translations (in a haphazard manner): a tort i a dret (Catalan), a la babalà (Catalan), om het even wat (Dutch), kiel ajn (Esperanto), n’importe comment (French), ao azar [masculine] (Galician), a torto e a dereito (Galician), de calquera xeito (Galician), planlos (German), wahllos (German), willkürlich (German), zufällig (German), όπως όπως (ópos ópos) (Greek), a caso (Italian), tilfeldig (Norwegian), tilfeldigvis (Norwegian), atabalhoadamente (Portuguese), a diestro y siniestro (Spanish), a la remanguillé (Spanish), a tontas y a locas (Spanish), a salto de mata (Spanish), de cualquier modo (Spanish), händelsevis (Swedish), tillfällig (Swedish), slumpmässig (Swedish), gelişigüzel (Turkish), ölçüsüz (Turkish), plânsız (Turkish), rasgele (Turkish), rastgele (Turkish), tesâdüfen (Turkish)

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