arbitrarily

English

Etymology

arbitrary +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

arbitrarily (comparative more arbitrarily, superlative most arbitrarily)

1. In an arbitrary manner.

   Antonym: unarbitrarily

   The winner was chosen arbitrarily.

2. To an arbitrary degree.

   an arbitrarily large number

Translations

in an arbitrary manner

• Catalan: arbitràriament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 任意地 (zh) (rènyì de)

• Czech: libovolně
• Danish: arbitrært, vilkårligt
• Finnish: mielivaltaisesti (fi)
• French: arbitrairement (fr)
• Galician: arbitrariamente
• German: beliebig (de)
• Greek: αυθαίρετα (el) (afthaíreta)
• Italian: arbitrariamente (it)
• Japanese: 任意に (ja) (にんいに, nin'i ni)
• Polish: arbitralnie
• Portuguese: arbitrariamente (pt)
• Romanian: arbitrar (ro), arbitraricește, în mod arbitrar
• Russian: произво́льно (ru) (proizvólʹno)
• Spanish: arbitrariamente (es)
• Swedish: godtyckligt (sv)

to an arbitrary degree

• Danish: vilkårlig, arbitrært
• Finnish: mielivaltaisen
• German: beliebig (de)