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random applies to that which occurs or is done without careful choice, aim, plan, etc. a random remark; haphazard applies to that which is done, made, or said without regard for its consequences, relevance, etc. and therefore stresses the implication of accident or chance a haphazard selection of books; casual implies happening or seeming to happen by chance without intention or purpose and often connotes nonchalance, indifference, etc. a casual glance at the newspaper; desultory suggests a lack of method or system, as in jumping from one thing to another her desultory reading in the textbook; chance emphasizes accidental occurrence without prearrangement or planning a chance encounter

at random

haphazardly, by chance, aimlessly; see accidentally, haphazardly.

See random in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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