vary
verb (used with object)
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance.
varyingly
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a word derived from
vary.
Example Sentences
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The country is home to an intricate web of varyingly active faults, including many that streak through the High Atlas mountain range.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 11, 2023
A few private transit undertakings had varyingly formed, re-formed, gone bankrupt, been taken over or combined since the late 19th century, using cable cars, horse-drawn cars, funiculars, electric trolleys — all manner of movable systems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
Reviewers varyingly called it "Oscar-Season B.S.," "woefully misguided," "Yokel Hokum," "laughably bad" and simply "awful."
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2020
NGV contemporary art curator Simon Maidment believes Kaws’ work has been unfairly dismissed by some critics, who have varyingly described it as “conceptual bankruptcy” and “pointless promotional toy garbage”.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2019
The long lines of communication between camp and sea were varyingly difficult, some of them offering nothing to speak of, some of them abominable.
From Our Army at the Front by Heywood Broun
