Capriciously

adv. [f. prec. + -LY².] In a capricious manner, according to caprice; arbitrarily.

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

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

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

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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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