arbitrarily

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/ˈɑrbɪˌtrɛrəli/

adverb

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No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
The point at which an embryo becomes a fetus has apparently been chosen arbitrarily.

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The winner was chosen arbitrarily.
an arbitrarily large number
Studies of the viable blood cells with phase contrast microscopy showed peculiar cells that had numerous short villi and were arbitrarily called “hairy cells.”

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Studies of the viable blood cells with phase contrast microscopy showed peculiar cells that had numerous short villi and were arbitrarily called “hairy cells.”
1966 February 26, Robert Schrek, ““Hairy” Cells in Blood in Lymphoreticular Neoplastic Disease and “Flagellated” Cells of Normal Lymph Nodes”, in Blood, volume 27, number 2, page...
From these remarks it will be seen that I look at the term species, as one arbitrarily given for the sake of convenience to a set of individuals closely resembling each other, and that it does not essentially differ from the term variety, which is given to less distinct and more fluctuating forms. The term variety, again, in comparison with mere individual differences, is also applied arbitrarily, and for mere convenience sake.
1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species
The number or classes or potential offerers of satellite services should not be [limited] arbitrarily.
1970 January 24, “Administration's Recommended Policy on Satellite Communication”, in The New York Times

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From arbitrary + -ly.