randomly — English Dictionary

Adverb

1. In a random manner.

   Examples

   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.

   More examples (1)

   Every microgame lasts five seconds until it shifts to the next randomly selected ruleset.

2. By random access; at any point at a given time; not sequentially.

   Examples

   When a file is accessed randomly, the programmer must specify the relative record number.

Adverb

1. in a random manner

   Synonyms

   indiscriminatelyhaphazardlywilly-nillyarbitrarilyat randomevery which way

   Examples

   the houses were randomly scattered

   bullets were fired into the crowd at random