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var·ied  (vârd, vr-)
adj.
1. Having or consisting of various kinds or forms; diverse. See Synonyms at miscellaneous.
2. Having been modified or altered.
3. Of several colors; varicolored or variegated.

varied·ly adv.

varied
Adjective
of different types, sizes, or quantities: these young men and women would be of varied backgrounds
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.varied - characterized by variety; "immigrants' varied ethnic and religious traditions"; "his work is interesting and varied"
heterogeneous, heterogenous - consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature; "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous"
modified - changed in form or character; "their modified stand made the issue more acceptable"; "the performance of the modified aircraft was much improved"
different - unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one"
unvaried, unvarying - lacking variety
2.varied - widely different; "varied motives prompt people to join a political party"; "varied ethnic traditions of the immigrants"
diversified - having variety of character or form or components; or having increased variety; "a diversified musical program ranging from classical to modern"; "diversified farming"; "diversified manufacturing"; "diversified scenery"; "diversified investments"
3.varied - broken away from sameness or identity or duplication; "her quickly varied answers indicated uncertainty"
changed - made or become different in nature or form; "changed attitudes"; "changed styles of dress"; "a greatly changed country after the war"

varied
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Spanish varied [ˈvɛərɪd] adjvariado
French varied [ˈvɛərɪd] adjvarié(e)divers(e)
German varied [ˈvɛərɪd] adj (diverse) → unterschiedlich;
(full of changes) → abwechslungsreich

Italian varied [ˈvɛərɪd] adjvario/a, diverso/a

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Any one who cares to do so might test the validity of those rules in the nearest possible way, by applying them to the varied examples in this wide [6] survey of what has been actually well done in English prose, here exhibited on the side of their strictly prosaic merit--their conformity, before all other aims, to laws of a structure primarily reasonable.
A half-hour later, the Lion, thoughtfully picking his teeth with his claws, told the Rattlesnake that he had never in all his varied experience in being subdued, seen a subduer try so earnestly to give it up.
When we reflect on the vast diversity of the plants and animals which have been cultivated, and which have varied during all ages under the most different climates and treatment, I think we are driven to conclude that this greater variability is simply due to our domestic productions having been raised under conditions of life not so uniform as, and somewhat different from, those to which the parent-species have been exposed under nature.
 
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