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Every which way

adverb

In a random manner. Synonyms: arbitrarily, at random, haphazardly, indiscriminately, randomly, willy-nilly. "Bullets were fired into the crowd at random"

Haphazardly. Synonym: helter-skelter.

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... worked on the place where I lived said that if you didn't have a pass during slave times, that if the pateroles caught you, they would whip you and make you run back home. He said he had to run through the woods every which way once to keep them ...

— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 • Works Projects Administration

... you to like him. It isn't committing you to much to say that. But you seem so—so every which way ...

— The Wild Olive • Basil King

... about in the hope of finding some one who would take one of the boys and carry him to the deck, while she herself took the other. But she saw no one she dared approach. The men came dashing past, dressed every which way. Some were wrapped in blankets, others had on ulsters over their nightshirts, and many of them carried canes. When she saw the desperate look in the eyes of these men, she felt that it would not be ...

— Jerusalem • Selma Lagerlof

Words linked to "Every which way" : at random, haphazardly, indiscriminately, randomly, arbitrarily