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capriciously

/kuh-prish-uhs, -pree-shuhs/US // kəˈprɪʃ əs, -ˈpri ʃəs //UK // (kəˈprɪʃəs) //

任性地,任意妄为,任意地,任意妄为地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
    • : Obsolete. fanciful or witty.

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Examples

  • And largely unknown groups must never be capriciously favored, however much they might look like the enemy's enemy.

  • It's the one thing life has capriciously refused me, perhaps because I never desired it intensely enough.

  • I might call it a stylish piece; take the Prelude as capriciously as you like; put all the effect you can into it.

  • The channel winds through these savanna borders capriciously.

  • But God capriciously decided he had other plans for her—insomuch as decreeing she was not to be let go then.

  • Except when she was capriciously seized with a fit of what she thought firmness, clamour or flattery were all-prevailing with her.