vagarious
Americanadjective
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characterized by vagaries; erratic; capricious.
a vagarious foreign policy.
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roving; wandering.
vagarious artists.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- vagariously adverb
Etymology
Origin of vagarious
Example Sentences
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It is a troubling state of affairs indeed if the vagarious interests of one federal prosecutor, acting outside of public view, can determine so much about an individual’s future.
From Salon • Jan. 16, 2013
Bozzy's vagarious search for a wife, described in the previous volume, has succeeded, and for the moment at least he is well-behaved.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not a memory had traversed the ground since to blur a detail, though now the adult faculties could apprehend distortion, the beautiful vagarious distortion that can live in a brain over toddling feet.
From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence
Mr. Wirgman's mind was somewhat attuned to psychology; but he was cracky and vagarious.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene
It would not do to be vagarious under such a shrewd examination; he must be exact.
From Over the Pass by Palmer, Frederick
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