What is another word for arbitrarily?
Synonyms for arbitrarily
ar·bi·trar·i·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
randomly, indiscriminately, haphazardly, willy-nilly, arbitrarily, at random, every which wayadverb
in a random manner
"the houses were randomly scattered"; "bullets were fired into the crowd at random"
Synonyms:
every which way, randomly, promiscuously, indiscriminately, willy-nilly, at random, haphazardly, haphazard, helter-skelter
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#8512 | arbitrary | |
#11860 | randomly | |
#24981 | arbitrarily | |
#29708 | casually | |
#58851 | haphazard | |
#61162 | indiscriminately | |
#88131 | haphazardly | |
#209688 | promiscuously |
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International tax issues are very complicated and take a long time to look at. If people want to just arbitrarily put taxes on our digital companies, we'll consider arbitrarily putting taxes on car companies.
The courts again found that this policy unconstitutionally strips people of their right to a hearing, the Trump administration can not bypass the Constitution by arbitrarily locking people up.
The United States condemns the ... proposal to unilaterally and arbitrarily impose national security legislation on Hong Kong, the United States strongly urges Beijing to reconsider its disastrous proposal, abide by its international obligations, and respect Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy, democratic institutions, and civil liberties, which are key to preserving its special status under U.S. law.
It must be said that the HRC’s obsession with Israel actually risks undermining the credibility of the entire organization, the United States will measure these things, I hope, fairly and dispassionately but we will oppose any effort by any group or participant in the U.N. system to arbitrarily and regularly de-legitimize or isolate Israel.
The evil neighbor next door flexed its muscles on our doorstep and arbitrarily sabotaged( one of) the busiest waterways in the world with military exercises.
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