1.
2.
[syn: varied, wide-ranging]
3. broken away from sameness or identity or duplication;
- Example: "her quickly varied answers indicated uncertainty"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Varied \Va"ried\, a.
Changed; altered; various; diversified; as, a varied
experience; varied interests; varied scenery. --
Va"ried*ly, adv.
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The varied fields of science, ever new. --Cowper.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vary \Va"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Varied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Varying.] [OE. varien, F. varier, L. variare, fr. varius
various. See Various, and cf. Variate.]
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1. To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance,
substance, position, or the like; to make different by a
partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties,
proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an
attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions.
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Shall we vary our device at will,
Even as new occasion appears? --Spenser.
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2. To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to
alternate.
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Gods, that never change their state,
Vary oft their love and hate. --Waller.
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We are to vary the customs according to the time and
country where the scene of action lies. --Dryden.
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3. To make of different kinds; to make different from one
another; to diversify; to variegate.
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God hath varied their inclinations. --Sir T.
Browne.
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God hath here
Varied his bounty so with new delights. --Milton.
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4. (Mus.) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present
under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See
Variation, 4.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
varied
adj 1: characterized by variety; "immigrants' varied ethnic and
religious traditions"; "his work is interesting and
varied" [ant: unvaried, unvarying]
2: widely different; "varied motives prompt people to join a
political party"; "varied ethnic traditions of the
immigrants" [syn: varied, wide-ranging]
3: broken away from sameness or identity or duplication; "her
quickly varied answers indicated uncertainty"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "varied":
amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, assorted, at odds,
at variance, blended, combined, complex, composite, compound,
compounded, conglomerate, contrary, contrasted, contrasting,
dappled, departing, deviating, deviative, different,
differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeing, discordant,
discrepant, discrete, discriminated, disjoined, disparate,
dissimilar, dissonant, distinct, distinguished, divergent,
diverging, divers, diverse, diversified, eclectic, equivocal,
fifty-fifty, half-and-half, heterogeneous, in disagreement,
inaccordant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant,
indiscriminate, inharmonious, intricate, ironic, irreconcilable,
jumbled, many, many and various, many-sided, medley, mingled,
miscellaneous, mixed, motley, multifaceted, multifarious,
multinational, multiracial, of all sorts, patchy, pluralistic,
poles apart, poles asunder, promiscuous, scrambled, separate,
separated, several, sundry, syncretic, thrown together,
unconformable, unequal, unlike, variant, variegated, various,
varying, widely apart, worlds apart