variously
adverb
var·i·ous·ly
ˈver-ē-əs-lē 
1
: in various ways : at various times
was variously occupied teaching, farming, and clerking
2
: by various designations
known variously as principal, headmaster, and rector
Examples of variously in a Sentence
He has been variously described as a hero and a villain.
The term is spelled variously in different places.
The concept of freedom has been variously understood by different people.
Recent Examples on the Web
The targets of the texts Holzer wrote between the late 1970s and 2001 — variously excerpted and re-sequenced for the new sign — range broadly.
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Nancy Princenthal, New York Times, 16 May 2024
Jesse Lee In another shot, Smith wears a plethora of variously sized braids wrapped around her head and woven together, then twisted outwards.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 2 May 2024
Russia has not yet begun major deliveries of modern weapons to Iran, which experts variously ascribed to the demands of the Ukraine war on Russian military industry and Iran’s failure to make payment.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2024
Each has its own theory about how to expand peace and security worldwide, variously through the spreading of economic opportunity, the reduction of the United States’ global military footprint, and the building of regimes for nonviolent peacemaking.
—Van Jackson, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
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Nancy Princenthal, New York Times, 16 May 2024
Jesse Lee In another shot, Smith wears a plethora of variously sized braids wrapped around her head and woven together, then twisted outwards.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 2 May 2024
Russia has not yet begun major deliveries of modern weapons to Iran, which experts variously ascribed to the demands of the Ukraine war on Russian military industry and Iran’s failure to make payment.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2024
Each has its own theory about how to expand peace and security worldwide, variously through the spreading of economic opportunity, the reduction of the United States’ global military footprint, and the building of regimes for nonviolent peacemaking.
—Van Jackson, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
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“Variously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/variously. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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