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vagary::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | alteration, change, modification |
Examples of vagary
vagary
Putting a stop to such vagary is what the new definitions are all about.
From the online.wsj.com
By this time, Watts must've weathered most every vagary of the touring musician's life.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Like the migrating birds, the ice formations are a vagary of the weather.
From the stltoday.com
They represent vagary wild And mental aberration styled.
From the guardian.co.uk
And so the match extended to the vagary of a shootout.
From the nytimes.com
Adult content adds nothing but vagary.
From the en.wikipedia.org
There is little of the wallowing and vagary that some purpose-built 4x4 vehicles exhibit on the road, and the FJ's steering is nicely communicative.
From the orlandosentinel.com
A portion of what Farb says has been said by the old semanticists and, in fact, by such commentators on the vagary of words as Lewis Carroll.
From the time.com
- An unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.); "the vagaries of the weather"; "his wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market"; "he has dealt with human vagaries for many years"
- This is a list of collective nouns from L to z.
- Memories and Vagaries is a collection of short memoirs and essays by Axel Munthe.
- An erratic notion or action; An impulsive or illogical desire; a caprice
- (VAGARIES) Frolics, wild rambles.
- (vagaries) (614) an odd, eccentric, or unexpected action.
- An erratic, extravagant or unpredictable manifestation, action or notion
- (n) an unpredictable, erratic, or whimsical idea or occurrence; caprice
- Always plural, as far as I can tell. I like it cause it sounds like it's related to "vague" but it isn't.
