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variably, adv.|ˈvɛərɪəblɪ| [f. variable a. + -ly2.] In a variable, inconstant, or uncertain manner; changeably, with variation.
1590H. Barrow Brief Discoverie 4 Amongst those 4 he stil contended to set vp one chief, which variably fell out, sometimes to one, sometimes to another. 1598Florio, Variamente, changeablie,..diuerslie, variablie. 1648Hexham ii, Veranderlicken, Changeably, or Variably. 1731Bailey (ed. 5), Variably, changeably, uncertainly. 1772C. Hutton Bridges iv, The variably increased velocity. 1824Byron Juan xvi. cxxi, The blue eyes glared, And rather variably for stony death. 1852H. Rogers Eclipse Faith 372 That Nature was, within certain limits, only variably uniform. 1890Science-Gossip XXVI. 275/1 The..variably-coloured Helices. |