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variably

variably

1 5.3
In a way that changes and is different each time
  • adverb
  • /ˈvɛəriəbli/
translation icon : variadamente
  • Likewise, continuous nutrient additions are often used to simulate nutrient input that is variably delivered in nature.
  • variably sized

To try to understand why pain is so different from one person to another, why people respond so variably to different treatments.

Examples

  • To try to understand why pain is so different from one person to another, why people respond so variably to different treatments.

  • Immunizations after transplantation may be variably immunogenic but are still important in providing a measure of protection against vaccine-preventable diseases.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Furthermore, there are people are variably vulnerable to addiction.

  • Text models variably determine how world knowledge is selected and applied, setting priorities that the reader cannot ignore.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The standard technique involves a variably sized incision.

    Academic text (2004)
  • In contrast, longer periods of coverage by liability insurance, either public or mutual, were variably associated with higher probabilities of failure in crisis or noncrisis years, or both.

    Academic text (2017)
  • In the event, decisions on the proper use of health technology will be more problematic, subject to influence by variably reliable, divergent, and often idiosyncratic expert opinion, and by economic vested interests.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The universality of confirmation becomes paradoxical because these motivations are variably significant in the intersecting projects of individuals and the divergent perspectives of different generations.

    Academic text (1995)
  • New Arab Cinema reflects subjectivities that are at once thoroughly anti-colonial and variably preoccupied with facing up to the challenges stemming from the rise of religious fundamentalism and sectarianism.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The weather can be variably warm or cool throughout the year, making it hard to predict what to wear.

Synonyms

varyingly
vsvariably
1 6.3

Happening in different ways at different times or in different situations

focuses on general inconsistency rather than specific time or situation changes
variedly
vsvariably
5.2

In many different ways

focuses on change over time rather than just showing many differences

Antonyms

26 3.7

In the same way across all parts or times

How Variable

erratically
13 6.4
irregularly
4 4.2
variably
1 5.3
regularly
386 1.0
consistently
278 2.8

Surface Forms

variably positive

Morphology

variably = variable (transparent) = variable + ly

The adverb is formed by the regular suffixation of '-ly' to the adjective 'variable', yielding 'in a variable way', which is directly predictable by learners.

Etymology

Variably comes from the root vari-, which means 'change' or 'different' and is seen in common English words like vary and variable. So, if something happens variably, it happens in a way that 'changes' and is not the same every time.