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  • 61flighty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. light headed; scatter brained, capricious, frivolous. See inattention, insanity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. capricious, fickle, giddy; see changeable 1 , irresponsible , silly . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 62giddy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. frivolous, irresponsible; dizzy, flighty, capricious. See insanity, folly. Ant., serious, staid. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Fickle] Syn. unsettled, capricious, inconstant; see changeable 1 . 2.… …

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  • 63unstable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. irregular, fluctuating, unsteady; inconstant, vacillating, fickle, changeable, variable. See changeableness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having a high center of gravity] Syn. unsteady, wavering,… …

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  • 64wayward — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. perverse, willful, for ward; delinquent; capricious, changeable, wanton; rebellious; irregular, accidental. See changeableness, disobedience. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unruly, disobedient,… …

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  • 65changeable — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [ Said of persons ] Syn. inconstant, unstable, fickle, irresolute, flighty, irresponsible, unreliable, purposeless, wayward, unsettled, motiveless, uncertain, spasmodic, fanciful, impulsive, wavering, uneasy, unsteady,… …

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  • 66fickle — fick•le [[t]ˈfɪk əl[/t]] adj. 1) not constant or loyal in affections 2) likely to change, esp. due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable: fickle weather[/ex] • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME fikel, OE ficol deceitful… …

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  • 67capriciously — adverb 1. unpredictably the weather has been freakishly variable • Syn: ↑freakishly • Derived from adjective: ↑freakish (for: ↑freakishly), ↑capricious 2. in a c …

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  • 68ca|pri´cious|ness — ca|pri|cious «kuh PRIHSH uhs, PREE shuhs», adjective. 1. likely to change suddenly without reason; changeable; fickle: »capricious weather. A spoiled child is often capricious. The capricious star was the despair of every producer. 2. Obsolete.… …

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  • 69ca|pri´cious|ly — ca|pri|cious «kuh PRIHSH uhs, PREE shuhs», adjective. 1. likely to change suddenly without reason; changeable; fickle: »capricious weather. A spoiled child is often capricious. The capricious star was the despair of every producer. 2. Obsolete.… …

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  • 70ca|pri|cious — «kuh PRIHSH uhs, PREE shuhs», adjective. 1. likely to change suddenly without reason; changeable; fickle: »capricious weather. A spoiled child is often capricious. The capricious star was the despair of every producer. 2. Obsolete. characterized… …

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