variously

adverb

Definition of variouslynext
1
as in diversely

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as in irregularly

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Recent Examples of variously This shift occasioned the profligate production that would mark her oeuvre, with Kusama going on to make hundreds of paintings in which forests of lines and dots cradled variously floral and phallic figures. — News Desk, Artforum, 27 Aug. 2026 Commenters likened Stevens’s delivery, variously, to that of a Depression-era baseball coach and a bad Chris Farley impersonator. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 Trump has variously said, at different times, that the goal of the campaign is to degrade Iran’s missile capabilities and navy, prevent the country from obtaining nuclear weapons, and end Iran’s support of its regional proxy network. — Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026 Top universities are missing middle-class students College aid officials talk a lot these days about a demographic phenomenon variously called the missing middle, the doughnut or the barbell. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for variously
Recent Examples of Synonyms for variously
  1. diversely
  2. irregularly
  3. sporadically
  4. infrequently
  5. seldom
  6. rarely
Adverb
  • Five rounds of testing accumulated more than 18,000 miles in order to land on a solution for diversely challenging terrain, including wet rock and wet dirt.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • My goal for the latter part of the year is to read more diversely by publisher.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
Definition of diversely
Adverb
  • The unrest follows an unprecedented surge on July 30 and 31, when more than 72,000 migrants irregularly crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, one of the European Union’s two land borders with Africa.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Someone who gets hives or has gastrointestinal distress irregularly might not identify their dinner as the trigger of the symptoms, or might assume food poisoning.
    — Eva Flowe May 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
Definition of irregularly
Adverb
  • Their numbers remained contained until 2023, and local fishermen reported catching them only sporadically.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • According to the complaint, Gilchrist would sporadically pay back his clients, but would come up with excuses such as government shutdowns and even claiming to be hospitalized to delay payments.
    — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of sporadically
Adverb
  • Worst flash floods in Arizona history Flash flooding is a threat in the Southwest but only infrequently turns deadly.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • During the appointment process, activists hammered Barclay for riding the CTA infrequently.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of infrequently
Adverb
  • In addition, Russini’s work was seldom reliant on Vrabel as a source or subject.
    — Mike Semel, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Tedeschi Trucks Band seldom goes a calendar year between visits.
    — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of seldom
Adverb
  • Kingsbury’s offense rarely moved receivers around or put skill position players in motion; Blough’s will do both on a high percentage of snaps.
    — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Under the original agreement, the government would only receive three million shares if Tesla failed — a counterintuitive arrangement, since public stakes in struggling companies rarely benefit taxpayers.
    — Mariana Mazzucato, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
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