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[edit]Adverb
[edit]- (now rare) Haphazardly, at random. [from 16th c.]
- 1928, W. Somerset Maugham, Ashenden, Vintage, published 2000, page v:
- Fact is a poor story-teller. It starts a story at haphazard, generally long before the beginning, rambles on inconsequentially and tails off, leaving loose ends hanging about, without a conclusion.