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ADJECTIVE (3)

1. characterized by variety;
- Example: "immigrants' varied ethnic and religious traditions"
- Example: "his work is interesting and varied"

2. widely different;
- Example: "varied motives prompt people to join a political party"
- Example: "varied ethnic traditions of the immigrants"
[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. [1913 Webster] The varied fields of science, ever new. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Shall we vary our device at will, Even as new occasion appears? --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate. [1913 Webster] Gods, that never change their state, Vary oft their love and hate. --Waller. [1913 Webster] We are to vary the customs according to the time and country where the scene of action lies. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversify; to variegate. [1913 Webster] God hath varied their inclinations. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] God hath here Varied his bounty so with new delights. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mus.) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4. [1913 Webster]
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