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# variously

«variously» in Mova's school dictionary: **In different ways, or by different people at different times** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (variously)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In different ways, or by different people at different times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variously/#m1)

2) Used to show that something has been given several different names or descriptions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variously/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

It is a written, slightly formal word. It often comes before "described as", "called" or "known as" to say that people use several different names or descriptions for the same thing. It warns the reader that people do not all agree.

### examples

- The animal is variously called a cougar, a puma or a mountain lion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variously/#x1)
- The castle has been variously described as beautiful and gloomy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variously/#x2)
- The children were variously dressed as pirates, robots and fairies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variously/#x3)
- The old story is variously told in different villages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variously/#x4)
- His age was variously reported as nine and ten. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variously/#x5)
- The colour was variously described as blue, green and teal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variously/#x6)
- This goddess of Fortune is variously represented. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variously/#x7)

### note

Adverb from "various" plus -ly. It is mainly used in writing, not in everyday chat. It does not mean "very" or "a lot".

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «variously» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variously/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.