All 3 Uses of
capricious
in
Journey to the Center of the Earth - trnsl by M - 45 chptrs
- And, besides, I was getting used to this idea; for the tunnel, now running straight, now winding as capriciously in its inclines as in its turnings, but constantly preserving its south-easterly direction, and always running deeper, was gradually carrying us to very great depths indeed.†
Chpt 24
- Hansbach, following the caprice of another incline, had gone with my companions away into unknown depths.
Chpt 27 *caprice = unpredictability
- And I myself am floating with wild caprice in the midst of this nebulous mass of fourteen hundred thousand times the volume of the earth into which it will one day be condensed, and carried forward amongst the planetary bodies.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(capricious) impulsive or unpredictable or tending to make sudden changes -- especially impulsive behavior