capriciously

English

Etymology

From capricious +‎ -ly.

Adverb

capriciously (comparative more capriciously, superlative most capriciously)

  1. In a capricious manner; without caution or concern.
    • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 119:
      "Where are we going?" she asked, jibbing capriciously in the descent.
    • 2021 January 13, Alan Ehrenhalt, “Jaywalking and the Dilemma of ‘Victimless’ Crimes”, in Governing‎[1], archived from the original on 4 March 2021:
      In Virginia, as in most of the country, jaywalking has long been punishable by a fine but very rarely enforced. A penalty that is invoked sporadically and capriciously is not fair to those who get socked with it, as state and federal courts have declared many times.
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