randomly
Etymology

From random + -ly.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈɹændm̩li/
Adverb

randomly

  1. In a random manner.
    I just randomly remembered this dream from 2 years ago.
  2. (computing) By random access; at any point at a given time; not sequentially.
    • 1989, M. K. Roy, Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar, COBOL Programming, page 314:
      When a file is accessed randomly, the programmer must specify the relative record number.
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