All anywise synonyms
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A a adv anywise
- haphazard — characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
- headlong — with the head foremost; headfirst: to plunge headlong into the water.
- jumbled — to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order: You've jumbled up all the cards.
- anyway — You use anyway or anyhow to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous point.
- about — You use about to introduce who or what something relates to or concerns.
- anyhow — Anyhow means the same as anyway.
- around — To be positioned around a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move around a place means to go along its edge, back to your starting point.
- disorderly — characterized by disorder; irregular; untidy; confused: a disorderly desk.
- hastily — moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- hit-or-miss — careless; inattentive; haphazard: The professor criticized the hit-or-miss quality of our research.
- hotfoot — a practical joke in which a match, inserted surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe, is lighted and allowed to burn down.
- impetuously — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
- irregular — without symmetry, even shape, formal arrangement, etc.: an irregular pattern.
- muddled — to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
- pell-mell — in disorderly, headlong haste; in a recklessly hurried manner.
- random — proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
- rashly — acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.
- recklessly — utterly unconcerned about the consequences of some action; without caution; careless (usually followed by of): to be reckless of danger.
- topsy-turvy — with the top where the bottom should be; upside down.
- wildly — living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
- cluttered — filled with things or people in an untidy way
- higgledy-piggledy — in a jumbled, confused, or disorderly manner; helter-skelter.
- at random — If you choose people or things at random, you do not use any particular method, so they all have an equal chance of being chosen.
- hurriedly — moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
- incautious — not cautious; careless; reckless; heedless.
- incontinently — immediately; at once; straightaway.
- randomly — proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
- unmindful — not mindful; unaware; heedless; forgetful; careless; neglectful: unmindful of obligations.
- after a fashion — If you say that something was done after a fashion, you mean that it was done, but not very well.
- by hook or crook — by any means
- come what may — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- one way or another — somehow, by some means
adverb anywise
- carelessly — If someone does something carelessly, they do it without much thought or effort.
- confused — If you are confused, you do not know exactly what is happening or what to do.