AIMLESSLY Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

aimlessly

adverb

as in randomly

without definite aim, direction, rule, or method wandered aimlessly through the forest until we were hopelessly lost

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Recent Examples of aimlessly The Nuggets had aimlessly wandered through the non-Nikola Jokic minutes for years without a firm identity to survive them. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2026 My fork hovered aimlessly over the plate while my eyes stayed fixed on the entrance. — Mayur Chauhan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 The oceanfront infinity pool is my personal favorite, but if a book and aimlessly floating for hours on end sounds more appealing, the quiet pool will be just right. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026 Prosecutors said Edgar then kept firing aimlessly into the crowd, hitting Schmidt and six others before he was tackled by then-Orlando police officer Michael Hernandez. — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026 While aimlessly scrolling one day, Maruša comes across Alja (Klara Kuk), a nurse living in a small coastal town in Germany. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026 Locals were concerned by the thousands of mostly young men aimlessly walking the streets. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026 Fox will pace aimlessly around the putting green, or speak with Smith to avoid overthinking in between shots. — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 20 July 2026 Without clear governance, agents roam aimlessly through data warehouses looking for credible information, then check the results after the fact — wasting time and tokens, and generating inconsistent actions. — Sumeet Agrawal, Fortune, 20 July 2026

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randomly

Adverb

The lottery said scratch-off tickets are distributed randomly, so neither the lottery nor retailers know where winning tickets will be sold until a prize is claimed.

— Mike Darnay, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Matos is wanted in the fatal shooting of Chrys Carvajal, a 19-year-old National Guardsman who is believed to have been randomly gunned down over the Fourth of July weekend in 2021, the FBI said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

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