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vilkårlig — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • arbitrarily adv In a way that is based on random choice or personal whim rather than any clear reason or system.
  • arbitrary adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.

Senses

vilkårlig is used for these senses in English:

  • arbitrarily To an arbitrary degree.
  • arbitrary (usually, of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.
  • arbitrary Determined by impulse rather than reason; often connoting heavy-handedness.

arbitrary — full definition

  1. adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.
  2. adj Used, in mathematics and logic, to mean "any one you like" out of all the possibilities — not random in the everyday sense, but unspecified.

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