randomish

randomish

See also: random-ish

English

Alternative forms

• random-ish

Etymology

random +‎ -ish

Adjective

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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