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Antonyms for indiscriminately

Grammar : Adv
Spell : in-di-skrim-uh-nit
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn dɪˈskrɪm ə nɪt


Definition of indiscriminately

Origin :
  • 1650s, from indiscriminate + -ly (2).
  • As in blindly : adv without direction, purpose
  • As in every which way : adv in every direction
Example sentences :
  • Indiscriminately: without making any distinctions between them.
  • Extract from : « The History of London » by Walter Besant
  • The members come from all parts of England indiscriminately.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853 » by Various
  • Men, women, and children were indiscriminately put to the sword.
  • Extract from : « The Huguenots in France » by Samuel Smiles.
  • The women and children, as they were overtaken, were indiscriminately slaughtered.
  • Extract from : « A Voyage round the World » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Indiscriminately we have to swallow the "universe" or indiscriminately we have to let the "universe" alone.
  • Extract from : « The Complex Vision » by John Cowper Powys
  • Every corner is indiscriminately occupied by men in power, if they should require it.
  • Extract from : « Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton » by John Barrow
  • The names of both places seem to have been indiscriminately applied.
  • Extract from : « The Town » by Leigh Hunt
  • The name prophet is given in the Bible indiscriminately with that of holy man.
  • Extract from : « Watson Refuted » by Samuel Francis
  • Christian, the God of all sends his dreams to all indiscriminately.
  • Extract from : « The Knight of Malta » by Eugene Sue
  • Talk with the best men you meet while there; but not too much, or too indiscriminately.
  • Extract from : « The Leavenworth Case » by Anna Katherine Green

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