capriciously
- a word derived from capricious.
Example Sentences
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Capriciously indulgent, his father had allowed him ample means, neither curbing nor restraining his expenditure; acceding at one moment to every inclination, and the next irresolutely opposing it.
From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison
This mouth, that never any kiss could close, Capriciously in subtle fires it blows, The jewelled garlands of a shadowy blossoming.
From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various
Engaging to raise men for the common weal It sets a harmful and unequal tax Capriciously on our communities.—
From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas
Capriciously did she bend her head on one side, and dance up insidious.
From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George
Capriciously, then, on the heels of a series of punishments, the head scientist went out of the room and came back with food for them.
From The Enormous Room by Gold, Horace Leonard
