VARIOUSLY Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

variously

adverb

Definition of variously

as in diversely

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as in irregularly

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Recent Examples of variously Canny has decades of experience in the rock world, variously serving as a talent buyer, a concert promoter, an artist-management company VP, and the founder of an artist-representative firm. — News Desk, Artforum, 9 Oct. 2026 My aunts and uncles variously dispute or embrace this tale, which my father loved to tell. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 Benjamin Satterley, the high-flying champion wrestler known variously to AEW and WWE fans as Pac, Bastard, Adrian Neville and Neville, has died. — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026 Tyrannosaurus rex fossils are relatively common finds, with dozens of variously complete examples on display in museums around the world. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for variously

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Adverb

The group, diversely composed of community members and experts in a multitude of industries, was created after the city council approved a moratorium to pause the construction of data centers in Denver.

— Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Those folks who stayed home, however, missed a diversely entertaining evening of rock ‘n’ roll from three bands who each hail from different realms of the classic rock world.

— Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of diversely

Adverb

The robot can unload up to 1,000 cases per hour, although actual throughput depends on factors such as box weight and how neatly or irregularly packages are stacked inside trailers.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Such El Niño events can happen irregularly every couple of years, but scientists say the latest iteration is particularly extreme.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of irregularly

Adverb

She is perhaps best known for Trifles, an adaptation of her own reporting on a particularly grisly murder case and a withering examination of the violence that sporadically bursts from women in a world where men do violence daily.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026
Shortly after, the parents noticed that his left eye was sporadically crossing.

— Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of sporadically

Adverb

As chief of staff, Wiles continued to be an inconspicuous, albeit powerful, figure in the White House -- continuing to stay out of the spotlight and speaking infrequently to the media.

— Nicholas Kerr, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
Researchers who recorded parent-child car rides around sporting events found that much of the time passed in silence and sports came up relatively infrequently.

— Adam Annaccone, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of infrequently

Adverb

Steven Pasquale, prolific and robust as an actor and here directing for the first time, has put his finger on something in turning Odets’s agitprop one-act, often referenced but seldom performed, into a kind of workers’ dream ballet.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2026
Boot adds that Trump seldom has a cross word for any dictator while regularly berating democratic allies.

— Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 2 Nov. 2026

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