Dictionary Definition
haphazardly adv
1 in a random manner; "the houses were randomly
scattered"; "bullets were fired into the crowd at random" [syn:
randomly, indiscriminately,
willy-nilly,
arbitrarily,
at
random, every which
way]
2 without care; in a slapdash manner; "the Prime
Minister was wearing a gray 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" [syn: haphazard]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) /hæpˈhæzədli/, /h
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
about, aimlessly, airily, any old way, any which
way, anyhow, at
haphazard, at hazard, at intervals, at random, brokenly, bunglingly, by catches, by
chance, by fits, by jerks, by skips, by snatches, capriciously, carelessly, casually, clumsily, cursorily, desultorily, disconnectedly, discontinuously,
disregardfully,
dysteleologically,
erratically,
fitfully, forgetfully, heedlessly, helter-skelter,
here and there, hit and miss, hit or miss, in snatches, in spots,
inattentively,
inconsiderately,
indiscriminately,
inexplicably,
infrequently,
intermittently,
irregularly,
messily, occasionally, offhand, offhandedly, once over
lightly, per saltum, perfunctorily, promiscuously, purposelessly, randomly, recklessly, regardlessly, skippingly, slapdash, sloppily, spasmodically, sporadically, stochastically, tactlessly, thoughtlessly, unaccountably, unguardedly, unheedfully, unheedingly, unmethodically, unmindfully, unsolicitously, unsystematically,
unthinkingly,
unvigilantly,
unwarily,
willy-nilly