variously

Word parts

various + -ly

Adverb

Positive variously

Comparative more variously

Superlative most variously

1. You use variously to say something happens or exists in a number of different ways.
   • Synonym: differently

   It was a large vehicle, variously described as a truck or a van by witnesses.

   The Iraqi parliament will pass a new law, variously called "the oil law," "the hydrocarbon law," and even the "draft hydrocarbon law."

   The kitchen had two rows of variously shaped bottles.

   Simmons' net worth has been variously estimated at somewhere between $325 million and $500 million.

Related words

• various