Synonyms for capriciously

Grammar : Adv

Spell : kuh-prish-uhs, -pree-shuhs

Phonetic Transcription : kəˈprɪʃ əs, -ˈpri ʃəs

Définition of capriciously

Origin : 1590s, from French capricieux "whimsical" (16c.), from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio (see caprice). Related: Capriciously; capriciousness.

As in erratically : adv intermittently

Example sentences :

It was her duty to see to it that she did not use it capriciously, for her own gratification.
Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome

"I have told you of one fault, now hear another," says she capriciously.
Extract from : « April's Lady » by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford

He was as capriciously selected as he was capriciously ejected by his friends.
Extract from : « Liverpool a few years since » by James Aspinall

He is hurt and angry that one of us could be so capriciously unjust to him.
Extract from : « The Wyndam Girls » by Marion Ames Taggart

She appeared to him to be pining "capriciously" when she became thin and neurotic.
Extract from : « Married Love » by Marie Carmichael Stopes

The sky was cloudy, and the wind veered about capriciously to all the points of the compass.
Extract from : « The Dead Secret » by Wilkie Collins

Lots were capriciously granted and as capriciously withdrawn.
Extract from : « Historic Towns of the Western States » by Various

Barbara trifled with the chessmen, moving them capriciously here and there.
Extract from : « Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) » by Margaret Veley

The Atlantic deals curiously and capriciously with reputations.
Extract from : « Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches » by Justin McCarthy

She recovered, just as capriciously as she had lost, the use of her hands.
Extract from : « The Brotherhood of Consolation » by Honore de Balzac

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