aleatory

adjective /ˈeɪ.lɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/

1. Depending on the throw of a die; random, arising by chance.

   Soon the snow will close on us; we are here some twenty miles - twenty-seven, they say, but this I profoundly disbelieve - in the woods; communication by letter is slow and (let me be consistent) aleatory; by telegram is as near as may be impossible.

2. Produced with an element of chance (aleatoricism).

Where it comes from

From Latin āleātōrius, from āleātor (“dice-player”), from ālea (“a die”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry aleatory (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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