"randomly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈɹændm̩li/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-randomly.wav Forms: more randomly [comparative], most randomly [superlative]
Etymology: From random + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|random|ly}} random + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} randomly (comparative more randomly, superlative most randomly)
  1. In a random manner. Translations (in a random way): عَشْوَائِيًّا (ʕašwāʔiyyan) (Arabic), aleatòriament (Catalan), a l'atzar (Catalan), tilfældigt (Danish), vilkårligt (Danish), satunnaisesti (Finnish), sattumanvaraisesti (Finnish), en vrac (French), par hasard (French), accidentellement (French), ó chou (Galician), a eito (Galician), aleatoriamente (Galician), zufällig (German), τυχαία (tychaía) (Greek), यदृच्छया (yadŕcchayā) (Hindi), यादृच्छिकतः (yādŕcchiktaḥ) (Hindi), temere (Latin), aleatoriamente (Portuguese), ao acaso (Portuguese), náhodne (Slovak), al azar (Spanish), aleatoriamente (Spanish), alrandon [US] (Spanish), estocásticamente (Spanish), azarosamente (Spanish), rastgele (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-randomly-en-adv-JsCzRgeq Disambiguation of 'in a random way': 60 40
  2. (computing) By random access; at any point at a given time; not sequentially. Categories (topical): Computing
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