Definitions for aleatory

aleatory a·le·a·to·ry

Spelling: [ey-lee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, al-ee-]
IPA: /ˈeɪ li əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈæl i-/

Aleatory is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 263 anagrams from letters in aleatory (aaelorty).

Definitions for aleatory

adjective

  1. Law. depending on a contingent event:
  2. of or relating to accidental causes; of luck or chance; unpredictable:
  3. Music. employing the element of chance in the choice of tones, rests, durations, rhythms, dynamics, etc.

Origin of aleatory

1685-95; Latin āleātōrius, equivalent to āleātōr- (stem of āleātor gambler (āle(a) game of chance + -ātor -ator) + -ius adj. suffix; see -tory

Examples for aleatory

The aleatory element still remains, and it is still irrational, but the attitude of men towards it is changed.

The folkways, deeply concerned in the aleatory interest, work out the applications.

Religion, in its connection with marriage, takes its function from the aleatory interest.

It was only by religious rites that the aleatory element in the struggle for existence could be controlled.

At best the actor's is an aleatory profession and, as in all games of chance, the losses score highest.

Some are aleatory, but the light-minded or interested alone call them so.

This was the aleatory element in life, the element of risk and loss, good or bad fortune.

The aleatory element has always been the connecting link between the struggle for existence and religion.

There is behind them an assumption as to the character and logic of the superior powers who rule the aleatory interest.

There is a great change in the mores of the entire modern society about the aleatory element.

Word Value for aleatory
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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