var´y|ing|ly

var´y|ing|ly
var|y «VAIR ee», verb, var|ied, var|y|ing.
–v.t.
1. to make different; change: »

The driver can vary the speed of an automobile.

SYNONYM(S): alter, modify, diversify.
2. to give variety to (something); introduce changes into (something): »

to vary one's style of writing.

3. Music. to repeat (a tune or theme) with changes and ornament.
–v.i.
1. to be different; differ: »

Stars vary in brightness.

SYNONYM(S): disagree, deviate.
2. to undergo change or alteration; become different; show differences: »

The weather varied between cloudy and bright.

3. Mathematics. to undergo or be subject to a change in value according to some law: »

to vary inversely as the cube of y.

4. Biology. to exhibit or be subject to variation, as by selection.
[< Old French varier < Latin variāre < varius varied, spotted, various]
var´y|ing|ly, adverb.

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