Haphazardly — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

in a random manner

without care; in a slapdash manner

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hæphˈæzɚdli/

🇬🇧British English

/haphˈazədli/

🇮🇳Indian English

/haphˈazədli/

4 syllables Say it as /hæphˈæzɚdli/.

Examples

the houses were randomly scattered
bullets were fired into the crowd at random
the Prime Minister was wearing a grey suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

indiscriminately every which way at random willy-nilly arbitrarily randomly haphazard

Parts of Speech

adverb	in a random manner “the houses were randomly scattered”
adverb	without care; in a slapdash manner “the Prime Minister was wearing a grey suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

planlos

auf zufällige Weise

🇫🇷French

au hasard

de manière aléatoire

🇪🇸Spanish

al azar

de manera aleatoria

🇮🇹Italian

a casaccio

in modo casuale

🇳🇱Dutch

lukraak

op een willekeurige manier

🇵🇹Portuguese

aleatoriamente

de maneira aleatória

🇷🇺Russian

случайно

случайным образом

India

🇮🇳Hindi

संयोग से

बेतरतीब ढंग से

🇮🇳Tamil

தற்செயலாக

ஒரு சீரற்ற முறையில்

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రమాదవశాత్తు

యాదృచ్ఛిక పద్ధతిలో

🇮🇳Marathi

अव्यवस्थितपणे

यादृच्छिक पद्धतीने

🇮🇳Gujarati

આડેધડ

રેન્ડમ રીતે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಆಕಸ್ಮಿಕವಾಗಿ

ಯಾದೃಚ್ಛಿಕ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ക്രമരഹിതമായി

ക്രമരഹിതമായ രീതിയിൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਚਾਨਕ

ਬੇਤਰਤੀਬੇ ਤਰੀਕੇ ਨਾਲ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے ترتیبی سے

بے ترتیب طریقے سے

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

随意地

以随机的方式

🇯🇵Japanese

無計画に

ランダムな方法で

🇰🇷Korean

우연히

무작위로

🇻🇳Vietnamese

một cách bừa bãi

một cách ngẫu nhiên

🇹🇭Thai

ส่งเดช

ในลักษณะสุ่ม

🇮🇩Indonesian

secara sembarangan

secara acak

🇵🇭Filipino

nang biglaan

sa random na paraan

🇲🇾Malay

secara sembarangan

secara rawak

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عشوائيا

بطريقة عشوائية

🇮🇷Persian

به طور تصادفی

به صورت تصادفی

🇹🇷Turkish

gelişigüzel

rastgele bir şekilde

🇮🇱Hebrew

באופן אקראי

בצורה אקראית

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