Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In various or different ways; diversely; multifariously.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In various or different ways.

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  • adverb In various ways; diversely.

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  • adverb in diverse ways

Etymologies

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various +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Ernesto Guevara de la Serna commonly known as Che Guevara, El Che or just Che (‘Che’ variously translates as “Hey, you ..”, or “Chum”, or “Buddy”, or “Pal”, or “The Kid”).

    ���Ideals��� of Che Guevara's 2007

  • In 1547, he was the first to take the title variously spelled in English as

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • He was the first to take the title variously spelled in English as

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • He's just asked for a show of hands to establish who's been to what he refers to variously as a "demonstration" and an "experiment" like this before, and only a few have gone up.

    Among the psychics 2011

  • So a perpetual antinomy would exist between internal impulse and external constraint, were it not that that external constraint is reflected within the individual mind by a secondary and overlying set of inhibitions and promptings which we call variously the "moral sense," the "sense of duty," or "conscience."

    Problems of Conduct Durant Drake

  • The "Middle West" is a term variously used by the public, but for the purpose of the present paper, it will be applied to that region of the United States included in the census reports under the name of the North Central division, comprising the States of Ohio,

    The Frontier in American History Frederick Jackson Turner 1896

  • It was given a distinct name, _Vuelta Abajo_, a term variously translated but referring to the downward bend of the section of the island in which that grade is produced.

    Cuba, Old and New 1893

  • The English Patient became Don't Ask Me Who I Am. Boogie Nights, which centred on its well-endowed hero, got a title variously translated as

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Warren Clements 2010

  • Todd Kennedy is referred to variously as a “leading Californian fruit preservationist and historian,” a “rare fruit expert,” a “renowned fruit connoisseur” and a “fruit rescuer.”

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • Todd Kennedy is referred to variously as a “leading Californian fruit preservationist and historian,” a “rare fruit expert,” a “renowned fruit connoisseur” and a “fruit rescuer.”

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

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