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arbitrarily
Variant of arbitrary
adjective
- not fixed by rules, but left to one's judgment or choice; discretionary: arbitrary decision, arbitrary judgment
- based on one's preference, notion, whim, etc.; capricious: young children and their arbitrary rules for games
- absolute; despotic
Related Forms:
- arbitrarily adverb
- arbitrariness noun
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