ar·bi·trar·y 
(ärbĭ-trĕr′ē)
(ärbĭ-trĕr′ē)adj.
1. Determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle: stopped at the first motel we passed, an arbitrary choice.
2. Based on or subject to individual judgment or preference: The diet imposes overall calorie limits, but daily menus are arbitrary.
3. Law Relating to a decision made by a court or legislature that lacks a grounding in law or fact: an arbitrary penalty.
4. Not limited by law; despotic: the arbitrary rule of a dictator.
[Middle English arbitrarie, from Latin arbitrārius, from arbiter, arbitr-, arbiter; see ARBITER.]
ar′bi·trari·ly (-trârə-lē) adv.
arbi·trar′i·ness n.
- get the show on the road
- get the worst of it
- get through
- get to
- get together
- get-together
- get-tough
- Getty
- Gettysburg
- get under skin
- get under (someone's) skin
- get under someone's skin
- get up
- getup
- get-up-and-go
- get-well
- get wind of
- get with the program
- Getz
- Getúlio Dornelles
- geum
- GeV
- gewgaw
- Gewürztraminer
- geyser