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indiscriminately en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English indiscriminate Middle English -ly English -ly English indiscriminately From indiscriminate + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an indiscriminate manner.
   • Travel is enlivened not only by the mixed company of French, Berbers, Arabs, and descendants of the Mediterranean-Corsairs who sit together indiscriminately, but also by itinerant vendors of macaroons, sweetmeats and the like, who, as long as they have a travel ticket, ply their wares unhindered by the [ticket] collectors. 1950 May, “A Tunisian Electric Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 335:
   • It was a very private thing, they felt, and not to be tossed indiscriminately about. 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 78:

Forms

Synonyms

wholesale

Translations (22)

de ohne Unterschied (in an indiscriminate manner) · nl zonder onderscheid (in an indiscriminate manner) · de querbeet (in an indiscriminate manner) · it indiscriminatamente (in an indiscriminate manner) · fr sans distinction (in an indiscriminate manner) · ca indiscriminadament (in an indiscriminate manner) · es indiscriminadamente (in an indiscriminate manner) · nl lukraak (in an indiscriminate manner) · fr indiscriminément (in an indiscriminate manner) · fi harkitsematta (in an indiscriminate manner) · fr indistinctement (in an indiscriminate manner) · pt indiscriminadamente (in an indiscriminate manner) · pl bezkrytycznie (in an indiscriminate manner) · fr à tort et à travers (in an indiscriminate manner) · fi harkitsemattomasti (in an indiscriminate manner) · hy անխտրաբար (in an indiscriminate manner) · kk бас-көзсіз (in an indiscriminate manner) · kk алды-артына қарамай (in an indiscriminate manner) · de unkritisch (in an indiscriminate manner) · de wahllos (in an indiscriminate manner) · kk бас-көз демей (in an indiscriminate manner) · de willkürlich (in an indiscriminate manner)