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arbitrarily::adverb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | at random, every which way, haphazardly, indiscriminately, randomly, willy-nilly |
Examples of arbitrarily
arbitrarily
I came to believe I was using them arbitrarily, to make a poem look like a poem.
From the theatlantic.com
It provides no real safety net and can confiscate personal property arbitrarily.
From the forbes.com
This template gives an arbitrary grouping of some arbitrarily-chosen guidelines.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The problem, as you fail to see, is that Rosenberg applies the term arbitrarily.
From the economist.com
One can devise an arbitrarily bad space filler, as long as concavity is allowed.
From the newscientist.com
There are three types of color charge, arbitrarily labeled blue, green, and red.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Major plot points pop up out of nowhere, only to be resolved just as arbitrarily.
From the freep.com
For someone to arbitrarily fly across a field, that would be immediately suspect.
From the news-journalonline.com
What matters is that huge numbers of people can be arbitrarily labeled as such.
From the infowars.com
- Randomly: in a random manner; "the houses were randomly scattered"; "bullets were fired into the crowd at random"
- (arbitrary) based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; "an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; "an arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into halves"
- Arbitrariness is a term given to choices and actions subject to individual will, judgment or preference, based solely upon an individual's opinion or discretion.
- (arbitrary) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random; Determined by impulse rather than reason; heavy-handed; Any and all possible
- (Arbitrary) random, unsupported, or on impulse
- (Arbitrary) The additional amount above a set rate to a set point to create a new rate to a new point
- (arbitrary) adj. with respect to linguistics, refers to the fact that the sounds of words typically have no relationship to their meanings (with the exception of cases of sound symbolism)
- (ARBITRARY) Defining the relationship in semiotics of the signifier and the signified. The indeterminate meaning of a given sound-image points to critical importance of recognizing the conventions of the sign-system(s) at work in a text.
- "'Arbitrary' means a claim put forth in the absence of evidence of any sort, perceptual or conceptual; its basis is neither direct observation nor any kind of theoretical argument. [An arbitrary idea is] a sheer assertion with no attempt to validate it or connect it to reality. ...
