'Capriciously' definitions:
Definition of 'capriciously'
From: WordNet
adverb
Unpredictably; "the weather has been freakishly variable" [syn: capriciously, freakishly]
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'
From: GCIDE
- 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]