variously

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.

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[From Latin varius.]

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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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Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

variously - in diverse ways; "the alternatives that are variously represented by the participants"; "the speakers treated the subject most diversely" diversely, multifariously

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Translations

بصورَةٍ متنوِّعَه

různě

adskilligtforskelligt

verschieden

diversement

különbözõen

meî ÿmsum hætt

variamente

avvekslende

rôzne

değişik biçimdefarklı olarak

不同地各种各样地

variously

[ˈvɛərɪəslɪ] ADV the phrase has been variously interpreted → la frase se ha interpretado de varias or diversas maneras
a 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

variously

[ˈvɛəriəsli] adv [estimated, described] → diversement

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

variously

[ˈvɛərɪəslɪ] adv → in modo vario, variamente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

various

(ˈveəriəs) adjective

1. different; varied. His reasons for leaving were many and various. verskeie مُتَنَوِّع، مُخْتَلِف الأشْكال разнообразни várias různý verschiedenartig forskellig ποικίλος, διάφοροςvario, diverso eri(nev) متفاوت monenlainen varié מְגוּוָנִים भिन्न različit különféle berbeda-beda mismunandi, margvíslegur vario 様々な 다양한 įvairūs, skirtingi dažāds; atšķirīgs berbagai-bagai, pelbagai verschillend forskjellige, diverse; atskilligerozmaity vário divers; variat различный, разный rôzny pester različit olikartad, varierande ซึ่งแตกต่างกัน çeşitli, değişik 各式各樣的 різний; різноманітний مختلف khác nhau 各种各样的

2. several. Various people have told me about you. verskeie عِدَّه няколко várias mnohý verschieden adskillig αρκετοί, διάφοροιvarios mitmed مختلف usea différent שוֹנִים अनेक, कई nekoliko számos beberapa ÿmsir vario いくつかの 다수의 keletas vairāki ramai verschillendymse, mange forskjellige różni vário (mai) mulţi, multe многие mnohý številen nekoliko åtskilliga, flera [olika] หลากหลาย birkaç, bazı 許多的 кілька متعدد vài 许多的

ˈvariously adverb

verskeie بصورَةٍ متنوِّعَه различно variadamente různě verschieden forskelligt; adskilligt ποικιλοτρόπως diversamente, variadamente erinevalt بطور متنوع یا متفاوت eri tavoin diversement באופן שונה विविध रूप से, कई प्रकार से različito változóan; különbözően secara berbeda-beda með ÿmsum hætt diversamente 多様に 다양하게 įvairiai dažādi; dažādos veidos dgn berbagai-bagai cara verschillendforskjelligartet, avvekslende, ulikt rozmaicie variadmente în mod variat по-разному rôzne različno različito på olika sätt อย่างแตกต่างกัน değişik biçimde, farklı olarak 各種不同地 різноманітно مختلف طريقوں سے khác nhau 各种各样地，不同地

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