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Haphazardly   /hˈæfəzərdli/  /hæphˈæzərdli/   Listen
Haphazardly

adverb
1.
In a random manner.  Synonyms: arbitrarily, at random, every which way, indiscriminately, randomly, willy-nilly.  "Bullets were fired into the crowd at random"
2.
Without care; in a slapdash manner.  Synonym: haphazard.





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"Haphazardly" Quotes from Famous Books



... guard itself, upon turning out, evidently thought that a rebellion had broken out or at least that a prisoner had escaped. Seizing their rifles they blazed away for dear life. They did not aim at anything in particular but shot haphazardly at the stars, haystacks, and trees in the most frantic manner imaginable and as rapidly as their magazine arms would let them. Undoubtedly the Germans were half-mad with fear. It rained bullets around the barracks and every man within crouched down on his bed, away from the windows through which ...
— Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons - Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben • Henry Charles Mahoney
 
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Words linked to "Haphazardly" :   willy-nilly, haphazard, arbitrarily



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