VARIOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does variously mean? 

• VARIOUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb VARIOUSLY has 1 sense:

1. in diverse ways

  Familiarity information: VARIOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VARIOUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In diverse ways

Synonyms:

diversely; multifariously; variously

Context example:

the speakers treated the subject most diversely

Pertainym:

various (distinctly dissimilar or unlike)

 Context examples 

Treatment of disease by exposure to light, especially by variously concentrated light rays or specific wavelengths.

(Phototherapy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Encoded by human LEPR Gene (gp130 Cytokine Receptor Family), five Leptin Receptor isoforms are variously expressed in liver, hypothalamus, heart, small intestine, hematopoietic tissues, choroid plexus, prostate, ovary, lung, and kidney.

(Leptin Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-SI unit of energy or heat variously defined based on different conditions under which it is measured and the context of its use.

(Calorie Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

The bustle and joy of such an arrival, the many to be talked to, welcomed, encouraged, and variously dispersed and disposed of, produced a noise and confusion which his nerves could not have borne under any other cause, nor have endured much longer even for this; but the ways of Hartfield and the feelings of her father were so respected by Mrs. John Knightley, that in spite of maternal solicitude for the immediate enjoyment of her little ones, and for their having instantly all the liberty and attendance, all the eating and drinking, and sleeping and playing, which they could possibly wish for, without the smallest delay, the children were never allowed to be long a disturbance to him, either in themselves or in any restless attendance on them.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The other men were variously burthened, some carrying picks and shovels—for that had been the very first necessary they brought ashore from the HISPANIOLA—others laden with pork, bread, and brandy for the midday meal.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

That which gave me most uneasiness among these maids of honour (when my nurse carried me to visit then) was, to see them use me without any manner of ceremony, like a creature who had no sort of consequence: for they would strip themselves to the skin, and put on their smocks in my presence, while I was placed on their toilet, directly before their naked bodies, which I am sure to me was very far from being a tempting sight, or from giving me any other emotions than those of horror and disgust: their skins appeared so coarse and uneven, so variously coloured, when I saw them near, with a mole here and there as broad as a trencher, and hairs hanging from it thicker than packthreads, to say nothing farther concerning the rest of their persons.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

He was satisfied of there being no present danger in returning home, but no assurances could convince him that it was safe to stay; and while the others were variously urging and recommending, Mr. Knightley and Emma settled it in a few brief sentences: thus—Your father will not be easy; why do not you go?

(Emma, by Jane Austen)