Usually means: Unpredictable change in situation, behavior.
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  1. vagary: Merriam-Webster
  2. vagary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. vagary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. vagary: Collins English Dictionary
  5. vagary: Vocabulary.com
  6. vagary: Wordnik
  7. vagary: Wiktionary
  8. vagary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. vagary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. vagary: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. vagary: Dictionary.com
  12. vagary: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Vagary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Vagary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. vagary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. vagary: Rhymezone
  17. Vagary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. vagary: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. vagary: FreeDictionary.org
  20. vagary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. vagary: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. vagary: Legal dictionary

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  1. vagary: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (vagary)

▸ noun:  An erratic, unpredictable occurrence or action.
▸ noun:  Something vague.
▸ noun:  An impulsive or illogical desire; a caprice or whim.

Similar:
caprice, whim, impulse, vaguery, erraticism, stray, aberrancy, deviation, wander, varigation, more...

Opposite:
consistency, predictability, stability

Types:
whim, caprice, fancy, impulse, idiosyncrasy, quirk, peculiarity, unpredictability, more...

Adjectives:
mere, strange, new, such, wild, linguistic, mulish, latest, sudden, human, personal

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Similar:
caprice, whim, impulse, vaguery, erraticism, stray, aberrancy, deviation, wander, varigation, more...

Opposite:
consistency, predictability, stability

Types:
whim, caprice, fancy, impulse, idiosyncrasy, quirk, peculiarity, unpredictability, more...

Adjectives:
mere, strange, new, such, wild, linguistic, mulish, latest, sudden, human, personal

Colors:
    cerulean,     chartreuse,     mauve,     vermilion,     periwinkle, more...



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