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arbitrarily
ar·bi·trar·y A0399200 (är′bĭ-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·trar′i·ly (-trâr′ə-lē) adv.ar′bi·trar′i·ness n.Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. |  arbitrarily - in a random manner; "the houses were randomly scattered"; "bullets were fired into the crowd at random"at random, every which way, haphazardly, indiscriminately, randomly, willy-nilly |
Translationsarbitrary (ˈaːbitrəri) adjective not decided by rules or laws but by a person's own opinion. He made a rather arbitrary decision to close the local cinema without consulting other people. 武斷的, 任意的 武断的，任意的 ˈarbitrarily adverb 任意地 任意地EncyclopediaSeearbitraryarbitrarily
Synonyms for arbitrarilyadv in a random mannerSynonyms- at random
- every which way
- haphazardly
- indiscriminately
- randomly
- willy-nilly
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