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CAPRICIOUSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does capriciously mean?
• CAPRICIOUSLY (adverb)
The adverb CAPRICIOUSLY has 2 senses:
1. unpredictably
2. in a capricious manner
Familiarity information: CAPRICIOUSLY used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unpredictably
Synonyms:
capriciously; freakishly
Context example:
the weather has been freakishly variable
Pertainym:
capricious (changeable)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In a capricious manner
Context example:
there were Turk's head lilies and patches of iris, islands of brilliant blue set capriciously in the green sea
Pertainym:
capricious (determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason)
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