indiscriminately

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From indiscriminate +‎ -ly.

Adverb

[edit]

indiscriminately (comparative more indiscriminately, superlative most indiscriminately)

  1. In an indiscriminate manner.
    • 1950 May, “A Tunisian Electric Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 335:
      Travel is enlivened not only by the mixed company of French, Berbers, Arabs, and descendants of the Mediterranean-Corsairs who sit together indiscriminately, but also by itinerant vendors of macaroons, sweetmeats and the like, who, as long as they have a travel ticket, ply their wares unhindered by the [ticket] collectors.
    • 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 78:
      It was a very private thing, they felt, and not to be tossed indiscriminately about.

Translations

[edit]