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Capriciously. World English Historical Dictionary

Capriciously. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1893, rev. 2025. Capriciously adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a capricious manner, according to caprice; arbitrarily.

1 1746–7.  Hervey, Medit. (1758), I. 18. One is tempted to exclaim against the King of Terrors, and call him capriciously cruel.

2 1771.  Junius Lett., xlviii. 250. A power arbitrarily assumed, and capriciously applied.

3 1853.  Kane, Grinnell Exp., xxvi. (1854), 217. This ice-opening was instructive practically, because it taught … us … how capriciously insecure was our position.

4 1869.  Freeman, Norm. Conq. (1876), II. App. 663. How capriciously Scottish and Northumbrian affairs are entered or not entered in our national annals.

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