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 Western scholars also variously understand the concept of brahman in the Upanishads and Advaita Vedanta as a version of monism (the oneness of all things), pantheism (all is god), or panentheism (god is the whole universe and beyond). — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for variously

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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
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

Definition of diversely

Adverb

Lightly pinch the butter pieces into the flour mixture, just enough to create an irregularly crumbly mixture.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of irregularly

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

His two sons attended New York public schools, but Spade says their formal observance of the attacks seldom extended beyond a moment of silence.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
The earlier series has increasingly strained credulity by having its romance plots hinge on inequalities of gender and class, but seldom of race.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of seldom

Adverb

Indeed, as much as Chicago has looked to past mayors as larger-than-life figures, the city rarely has accomplished anything great without the active involvement of its business community.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
The last words of Lizzie Borden have never been reported; in fact, she was rarely seen or heard from in public in the years following her acquittal.

— Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2026

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