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impulsive or unpredictable or tending to make sudden changes — especially impulsive behavior
- The family cannot be broken up by a whim, a caprice, or even by the sin of one of the partners in the marriage,Part Three (40% in)
caprice = an impulsive act
- One circle was her husband's government official set, consisting of his colleagues and subordinates, brought together in the most various and capricious manner, and belonging to different social strata.Part Two (8% in)
- Without conscious intention he began to clutch at every passing caprice, taking it for a desire and an object.Part Five (25% in)
There are no more uses of "capricious" in Anna Karenina.
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