1.
[syn: capriciously, freakishly]
2. in a capricious manner;
- Example: "there were Turk's head lilies and patches of iris , islands of brilliant blue set capriciously in the green sea"
The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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"