haphazardly

[hap-haz-erd-lee]

adverb

1. in a haphazard manner; at random.

Word History and Origins

Origin of haphazardly¹

First recorded in 1885–90; haphazard + -ly

Example Sentences

The grains of sand are stacked haphazardly, with water molecules between them.

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Hedge fund guys such as himself worked uptown and so exited Grand Central to the north, where taxis appeared haphazardly and out of nowhere to meet them, like farm trout rising to corn kernels.

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I first tried a rustic version — ham and cheese tucked haphazardly among the buttered, glazed dough balls — and it was lovely in a messy, casserole-ish way.

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Prior to that, autism was diagnosed somewhat haphazardly.

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But it was haphazardly managed, and investigators scattered among the agencies were not reliably sharing information with one another.

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Related Words

• aimlessly 
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• casually 
• randomly