HAPHAZARDLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does haphazardly mean? 

• HAPHAZARDLY (adverb)
  The adverb HAPHAZARDLY has 2 senses:

1. in a random manner

2. without care; in a slapdash manner

  Familiarity information: HAPHAZARDLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAPHAZARDLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a random manner

Synonyms:

arbitrarily; at random; every which way; haphazardly; indiscriminately; randomly; willy-nilly

Context example:

bullets were fired into the crowd at random

Pertainym:

haphazard (dependent upon or characterized by chance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Without care; in a slapdash manner

Synonyms:

haphazard; haphazardly

Context example:

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

Pertainym:

haphazard (marked by great carelessness)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by the presence of haphazardly arranged spindle-shaped fibroblasts, collagenous stroma formation, and plaque-like growth pattern.

(Gardner Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus)