Variously

adv

adv ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In various ways; diversely.

    "My caravan served variously as a changing room, office and bedroom."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in diverse ways wordnet

Synonyms

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diverselymultifariouslymultifariouslyotherwiseseverallyunevenly

Antonyms

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always

Example

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"Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed"."

Etymology

From various + -ly.

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