Ca*pri"cious*ly

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Capricious \Ca*pri"cious\ (k[.a]*pr[i^]sh"[u^]s), a. [Cf. F.
   capricieux, It. capriccioso.]
   Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly;
   freakish; whimsical; changeable. "Capricious poet." --Shak.
   "Capricious humor." --Hugh Miller.
   [1913 Webster]

         A capricious partiality to the Romish practices.
                                                  --Hallam.

   Syn: Freakish; whimsical; fanciful; fickle; crotchety;
        fitful; wayward; changeable; unsteady; uncertain;
        inconstant; arbitrary. -- {Ca*pri"cious*ly}, adv. --
        {Ca*pri"cious*ness}, n.
        [1913 Webster]