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capriciously

capriciously adverb: in a capricious manner; without caution or concern.

Adverb

capriciously (comparative more capriciously, superlative most capriciously)

  1. In a capricious manner; without caution or concern.
    • "Where are we going?" she asked, jibbing capriciously in the descent.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 119
    • In Virginia, as in most of the country, jaywalking has long been punishable by a fine but very rarely enforced. A penalty that is invoked sporadically and capriciously is not fair to those who get socked with it, as state and federal courts have declared many times.2021 January 13, Alan Ehrenhalt, “Jaywalking and the Dilemma of ‘Victimless’ Crimes”, in Governing, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2021

Forms of capriciously

comparativemore capriciously
superlativemost capriciously

Origin of capriciously

From capricious + -ly.

Questions about capriciously

What does capriciously mean?
Capriciously means in a capricious manner; without caution or concern.
What part of speech is capriciously?
Capriciously is an adverb.

Words near capriciously in the dictionary

  1. capriccioso
  2. caprice
  3. caprices
  4. caprichio
  5. capricious
  6. capriciously
  7. capriciousness
  8. Capricorn
  9. capricorn beetle
  10. capricorn beetles
  11. Capricornian

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