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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

1. unpredictably;
- Example: "the weather has been freakishly variable"
[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"