randomly

Etymology

random + -ly

adv

  1. In a random manner.
    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
  2. (computing) 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

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