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Definition of Capriciously
1. Adverb. Unpredictably. "The weather has been freakishly variable"
2. Adverb. In a capricious manner. "There were Turk's head lilies and patches of iris , islands of brilliant blue set capriciously in the green sea"
Definition of Capriciously
1. Adverb. In a capricious manner; without caution or concern. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Capriciously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capriciously
Literary usage of Capriciously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"Is the false decision of the register and receiver in such a case to preclude
forever the just claims which have been either corruptly or capriciously ..."
2. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1823)
"Poeta, who was in love with Historia, capriciously falls in love with Astronomia,
and thus compares his mistress : Her brow is like a brave heroic line That ..."
3. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"... issued without legal authority, but they cannot capriciously revoke or rescind
them, or recall authority for their payment after they have been issued. ..."
4. The Conquest of Canada by George Warburton (1850)
"capriciously into two parts : the southern portion was give« to a merchant company
of London, the northern to a merchant company of Bristol and Plymouth. ..."
5. A Treatise on International Public Law by Hannis Taylor (1901)
"Should not be capriciously sent away.—A sovereign at whose court an envoy resides
may send him away without waiting for his recall, either by reason of acts ..."
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