arbitrarily adv 1: in a random manner; "the houses were randomly scattered"; "bullets were fired into the crowd at random" [syn: {randomly}, {indiscriminately}, {haphazardly}, {willy- nilly}, {arbitrarily}, {at random}, {every which way}]
Arbitrarily \Ar"bi*tra*ri*ly\, adv. In an arbitrary manner; by will only; despotically; absolutely. [1913 Webster]