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arbitrarily

ˈɑrbɪˌtrɛrəli
WordNet
  1. (adv) arbitrarily
    in a random manner "the houses were randomly scattered","bullets were fired into the crowd at random"
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Arbitrarily
    In an arbitrary manner; by will only; despotically; absolutely.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. arbitrarily
    In an arbitrary manner; at will; capriciously; without sufficient reason; in an irresponsible or despotic way.
Usage in the news

Bergen County Executive files motion to bar Paramus from ' arbitrarily ' enforcing Blue Laws. nj.com

New formulas for generating smooth surfaces over arbitrarily spaced data points are developed. computer.org

Bergen County Executive files motion to bar Paramus from 'arbitrarily' enforcing Blue Laws . nj.com

The state recently began trying to enforce the 10 ppm standard in lakes and rivers, but the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce sued, saying the standard is vague and arbitrarily applied. minnesota.publicradio.org

Some managers view telework primarily as an employee benefit, and they fear perceptions of favoritism if telework seems to be awarded arbitrarily, Johnson said. fcw.com

For the purposes of this debate, sides were chosen arbitrarily and do not necessarily reflect the author's true viewpoint. evesun.com

Plus, why arbitrarily limit the list to 10. timesrepublican.com

You definitely don't want one with a ridiculous annual fee nor one that arbitrarily raises interest rates whenever the bank wants. kktv.com

) Since nobody has specified, I'm arbitrarily declaring 4704 to be the Year of the Inscrutable Chihuahua. palmspringslife.com

In this weekly feature, two staff members arbitrarily pick one side of a debate and battle it out. evesun.com

Is it legal that the Bureau of Indian Affairs arbitrarily refuses to "recognize" tribes such as the Shinnecock Nation. longislandpress.com

People, do your homework before you arbitrarily pay dues thinking you will get assistance. shelbycountyreporter.com

Contreras' ruling overturns the loan repayment rate, on the basis that the 35 percent repayment rate threshold was too arbitrarily contrived by the DOE as a performance standard for compliance. universitybusiness.com

The sides in this debate were chosen arbitrarily and do not necessarily reflect the author's true viewpoint. evesun.com

Several readers were incensed by the notion, complained about in last week's Watchdog Watch, that a garbage hauler could arbitrarily charge an extra $33 when a customer quits the service. twincities.com

Usage in scientific papers

For example, under A → A + ∇χ simultaneously with Ψ → ei e ¯hc χ , the incoming wave ψin Eq.(2.11) is modified as ψin → ei e ¯h χ(RI )ψin ; we see also that the overall phase depends on the arbitrarily chosen RI .
Paraxial propagation of a quantum charge in a random magnetic field

Let < denote a total order on S , which may be chosen arbitrarily.
The solution to a conjecture of Tits on the subgroup generated by the squares of the generators of an Artin group

Now, by the decay of the heat kernel, for τ sufficiently large, the first term becomes arbitrarily small.
Existence and homogenization of the Rayleigh-B\'enard problem

At the top, which we arbitrarily place at y = 5 × 104 g cm-2 , we set the temperature using the analytic radiative zero solution for a constant flux atmosphere with Thomso n scattering opacity (the solutions are not sensitive to this upper boundary condition).
Rotational Evolution During Type I X-Ray Bursts

In this Random Singlet (RS) state, the interplay of disorder and quantum fluctuations locks each spin into a singlet pair with another spin; the two spins in a given singlet pair can have arbitrarily large spatial separation, with the disorder determining the particular pattern of the singlet bonds in a given sample.
Dynamics and transport in random quantum systems governed by strong-randomness fixed points

Usage in literature

Naturally they were very indignant at being arbitrarily deprived of a vested right, but were obliged to submit. "The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV" by Various

The people were slaves, governed arbitrarily by chiefs. "A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818" by Elisabeth G. Stryker

The marriage conditions, like the condition of woman in general, have not been brought about arbitrarily. "Woman under socialism" by August Bebel

For you must see that human life could not go on unless we cleaned the slate sometimes arbitrarily, and began all over. "Clark's Field" by Robert Herrick

How do you treat two words, not nouns, arbitrarily used as a name? "Compound Words" by Frederick W. Hamilton

He was not in touch with the polite society of Paris; he certainly did most arbitrarily banish from its precincts Mme. "The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte" by William Milligan Sloane

The distinction between the two genera is almost an artificial one, and species are sometimes arbitrarily assigned to one genus or the other. "The North American Slime-Moulds" by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride

Let not our notion be thought arbitrarily to limit the number of poets, generally considered such. "English Critical Essays" by Various

This power of the directors to refuse a transfer must not, however, be exercised arbitrarily or capriciously. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7" by Various

There were those who saw that seafaring could not thus arbitrarily be divided. "Merchantmen-at-Arms" by David W. Bone