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Meanings of capricious in English

Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason.

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Examples for "impulsive"
Examples for "impulsive"
1
Home food preparation may be critical to weight control for impulsive individuals.
Pubmed
2
The authors suggest a possible relationship between impulsive traits and method choice.
Pubmed
3
When she came to the state road, she made an impulsive decision.
Nano
4
Even though I'm conservative on these financial decisions, I'm also quite impulsive.
First degree
5
The activity begins in an impulsive form; that is, it is blind.
Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Ed...
1
Cole's whimsical sense of humor was essential to the brand's marketing success.
Rock and Ice Magazine
2
Whoever, in a respected publishing house, was responsible for such whimsical twaddle?
The Irish Times
3
A short, whimsical read which is sure to delight die-hard Austen fans.
The Irish Times
4
Not to mention the videos are wonderfully done: whimsical, magical, downright beautiful.
Wired
5
I mean, who in their right mind would build something so whimsical?
The Secret Crown (2010)
Usage of capricious in English
1
The first was the totally capricious nature of the senior officers' leadership.
To Honor You Call Us
2
For the pleasure that we take in beautiful nature is essentially capricious.
Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers
3
Molly was cheerful, capricious, and at war with the world in general.
From hell with love
4
The weather had changed with the usual abruptness of our capricious climate.
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
5
It is a cross-grained, capricious heart; you will find its exactions irksome.
Confession; Or, The Blind Heart. A Domestic Story
6
Such capricious and temporary waters cannot be expected to produce many fish.
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
7
The first is lofty, calm, immovable; the second is uncertain, capricious, unquiet.
Studies in Literature
8
She was quite young, Ayla realized, and a little unpredictable and capricious.
The Land of Painted Caves
9
She was enchanted by this idea of a capricious change of programme.
The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
10
He is very kind-rathercapricious; but that is a way with princes.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 3
11
The appetite, too, is capricious, and in many cases almost entirely lost.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot
12
He impressed her as a creature uncaught, undriven; graceful, but immeasurably capricious.
The Helpmate
13
The opposites, once more, to thoughtful action are routine and capricious behavior.
Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Ed...
14
Round the palm-trees the wind played a frantic and capricious devil's dance.
The Great Taboo
15
My dear, I shouldn't call Sara in the least a capricious woman.
The Hermit of Far End
16
He attacked the king, who fled before him with his capricious Egyptian.
International Short Stories: French
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United Kingdom
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