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/ˈɹændəm/ · noun
A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance..
Still take advice ; though counsels, when they fly / At random, sometimes hit most happily.
O ! many a shaft, at random sent, / Finds mark the archer little meant !
they were messagers vnto kyng Ban & Bors sent from kynge Arthur / therfor said the viij knyghtes ye shalle dye or be prysoners / for we ben knyghtes of kyng Claudas And therwith two of them dressid theire sperys / and Vlfyus and Brastias dressid theire speres and ranne to gyder with grete raundon
[…] for coragiouſly the two kynges newely foughte with great randon and force, they ſhewed their vigors and ſtrengthes and did ſo nobly that their coũter parties had none aduaũtage.
Fortie yards will they shoot levell, or very neare the marke, and 120 is their best at Random.
[…] the angle at which the miſſive is to mount by ( if we will have it go to its furtheſt randome ) muſt be the half of a right one […]
The party was boring. It was full of randoms.
Utilization of all floor space underneath case racks and randoms is another feature of the modern composing room; […]
Use random when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Random means A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance..
Common synonyms include vagrant, force, momentum, speed.
Possible antonyms include nonrandom.
Still take advice ; though counsels, when they fly / At random, sometimes hit most happily.
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