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单词 capriciously
释义 capriciously, adv.|kəˈprɪʃəslɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a capricious manner, according to caprice: arbitrarily.
1746Hervey Medit. (1818) 23 One is tempted to exclaim against the King of Terrors, and call him capriciously cruel.1771Junius Lett. xlviii. 250 A power arbitrarily assumed, and capriciously applied.1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xxvi. (1856) 217 This ice-opening was instructive..because it taught..us..how capriciously insecure was our position.1869Freeman 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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