capriciously

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capriciously - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Capricious \Ca*pri"cious\ (k[.a]*pr[i^]sh"[u^]s), a. [Cf. F.
     capricieux, It. capriccioso.]
     Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly;
     freakish; whimsical; changeable. "Capricious poet." --Shak.
     "Capricious humor." --Hugh Miller.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           A capricious partiality to the Romish practices.
                                                    --Hallam.
  
     Syn: Freakish; whimsical; fanciful; fickle; crotchety;
          fitful; wayward; changeable; unsteady; uncertain;
          inconstant; arbitrary. -- Ca*pri"cious*ly, adv. --
          Ca*pri"cious*ness, n.
          [1913 Webster]

capriciously - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  capriciously
      adv 1: unpredictably; "the weather has been freakishly variable"
             [syn: capriciously, freakishly]
      2: in a capricious manner; "there were Turk's head lilies and
         patches of iris , islands of brilliant blue set capriciously
         in the green sea"