variously
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Related to variously: variously called
var·i·ous
(vâr′ē-əs, văr′-)adj.
1.
a. Of diverse kinds: unable to go for various reasons.
b. Unlike; different: flowers as various as the rose, the daisy, and the iris.
2. Being more than one; several: She spoke to various members of the club.
3. Varied in nature or character; not uniform: "The war with Scotland ... was conducted feebly, and with various success" (David Hume).
pron. (used with a pl. verb) Usage Problem
Several different people or things.
[From Latin varius.]
var′i·ous·ly adv.
var′i·ous·ness n.
Usage Note: The quantifier various normally modifies a noun directly (as in various members), but at least since the early twentieth century it has also sometimes been used before prepositional phrases starting with of; George Orwell's influential 1946 essay "Politics and the English Language," for instance, refers to "various of the mental vices from which we now suffer." When we first balloted the various of construction in 1967, 91 percent of the Usage Panel found it unacceptable. As recently as 1999, 87 percent disapproved of the sentence Various of the committee members spoke out against the measure. By 2013, the disapproval rate for this same sentence had dipped to 76 percent, with an even lower disapproval rate (46 percent) for a sentence that included the phrase ownership of the lake and various of its tributaries. Linguistically, the various of construction appears defensible, being analogous to similar constructions based on the quantifiers few, many, and several. Besides, one might argue that the lake and various of its tributaries has a slightly different meaning from the lake and various tributaries of it; the former makes the scope of the larger set (the lake's tributaries) seem more definite, while the latter implies that its scope is indeterminate, unknown, or unimportant. But given that the use of various as a direct modifier is completely standard whereas the various of construction is still controversial, it may be advisable to avoid various of except when you want to give emphasis to the specific larger set that the "various" things are part of.
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Adv. | 1. | variously - in diverse ways; "the alternatives that are variously represented by the participants"; "the speakers treated the subject most diversely" |
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Translations
بصورَةٍ متنوِّعَه
různě
adskilligtforskelligt
különbözõen
meî ÿmsum hætt
rôzne
değişik biçimdefarklı olarak
variously
[ˈvɛərɪəslɪ] ADV the phrase has been variously interpreted → la frase se ha interpretado de varias or diversas manerasa pile of variously coloured socks → un montón de calcetines de distintos or diversos colores
the caravan served variously as an office, bedroom and changing room → según los casos la caravana hacía de oficina, dormitorio o vestuario
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
variously
adv
→ unterschiedlich; the news was variously reported in the papers → die Nachricht wurde in den Zeitungen unterschiedlich wiedergegeben
→ verschiedentlich; he has been variously described as a rogue and a charmer → er wurde verschiedentlich ein Schlitzohr und Charmeur genannt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
various
(ˈveəriəs) adjective1. different; varied. His reasons for leaving were many and various.
2. several. Various people have told me about you.
ˈvariously adverbKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.