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  • Lots were capriciously granted and as capriciously withdrawn.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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