randomish

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random +‎ -ish

Adjective[edit]

randomish (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat random; quite random.
    • 1825, Robert Cruikshank, The Spirit of the Public Journals for the Year ... - Volume 2 - Page 136:
      Why then,” said John, “ it was my son Jonathan; and I wish they had tooken him to the watch-house-whereby my horses would have been all the better for it—for my son Jonathan is but a randomish sort of a chap.”
    • 1844, Author unknown, Colburn's States service magazine, Volume 1862, page 384:
      They were rather a skylarking, randomish, set of blades, were the midshipmen in that ship.
    • 2001, Lisa R. Lattuca, Creating Interdisciplinarity: Interdisciplinary Research ... - Page 158:
      So if you analyze a price series, you will see movements that are kind of randomish, unanticipated.
    • 2003, Danny Briere, Hurley, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 PC For Dummies - Page 174:
      You can select particular songs and play them. i/ Shuffle: Plays the tracks on your CD in a random (or randomish) fashion, like the shuffle button on your home CD player.
    • 2015, Madhur Anand, A New Index for Predicting Catastrophes:
      [...] for false rings, the cleft between late and early, fun and house. Find what's odd in litter's randomish settlements.

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