"variously" meaning in All languages combined

See variously on Wiktionary

Adverb [English]

Etymology: various + -ly Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|various|ly}} various + -ly
  1. You use variously to say something happens or exists in a number of different ways. Synonyms: differently
    Sense id: simple-variously-en-adv-Yp~~zGFX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ly
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  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "text": "It was a large vehicle, variously described as a truck or a van by witnesses."
        },
        {
          "text": "The Iraqi parliament will pass a new law, variously called \"the oil law,\" \"the hydrocarbon law,\" and even the \"draft hydrocarbon law.\""
        },
        {
          "text": "The kitchen had two rows of variously shaped bottles."
        },
        {
          "text": "Simmons' net worth has been variously estimated at somewhere between $325 million and $500 million."
        }
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  "pos": "adv",
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          "text": "It was a large vehicle, variously described as a truck or a van by witnesses."
        },
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          "text": "The Iraqi parliament will pass a new law, variously called \"the oil law,\" \"the hydrocarbon law,\" and even the \"draft hydrocarbon law.\""
        },
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          "text": "The kitchen had two rows of variously shaped bottles."
        },
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          "text": "Simmons' net worth has been variously estimated at somewhere between $325 million and $500 million."
        }
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        "You use variously to say something happens or exists in a number of different ways."
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          "word": "differently"
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