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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
varied
adjective
1: characterized by variety; "immigrants' varied ethnic and
religious traditions"; "his work is interesting and
varied" [ant: {unvaried}]
2: widely different; "varied motives prompt people to join a
political party"; "varied ethnic traditions of the
immigrants" [syn: {wide-ranging}]
3: broken away from sameness or identity or duplication; "her
quickly varied answers indicated uncertainty"
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
vary
verb
1: make or become different in some particular way, without
permanently losing one's or its former characteristics
or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the
weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables
varies according to the season" [syn: {change}, {alter}]
2: be at variance with; be out of line with [syn: {deviate}, {diverge},
{depart}] [ant: {conform}]
3: be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices
vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"
4: make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"
[syn: {variegate}, {motley}]
[also: {varied}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
varied
See {vary}
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Varied \Va"ried\, adjective
Changed; altered; various; diversified; as, a varied
experience; varied interests; varied scenery. --
{Va"ried*ly}, adverb
The varied fields of science, ever new. --Cowper.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vary \Va"ry\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Varied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Varying}.] [OE. varien, F. varier, L. variare, fr. varius
various. See {Various}, and cf. {Variate}.]
1. To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance,
substance, position, or the like; to make different by a
partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties,
proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an
attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions.
Shall we vary our device at will,
Even as new occasion appears? --Spenser.
2. To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to
alternate.
Gods, that never change their state,
Vary oft their love and hate. --Waller.
We are to vary the customs according to the time and
country where the scene of action lies. --Dryden.
3. To make of different kinds; to make different from one
another; to diversity; to variegate.
God hath varied their inclinations. --Sir T.
Browne.
God hath here
Varied his bounty so with new delights. --Milton.
4. (Mus.) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present
under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See
{Variation}, 4.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "varied":
amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, assorted, at odds,
at variance, blended, combined, complex, composite, compound,
compounded, conglomerate, contrary, contrasted, contrasting,
dappled, departing, deviating, deviative, different,
differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeing, discordant,
discrepant, discrete, discriminated, disjoined, disparate,
dissimilar, dissonant, distinct, distinguished, divergent,
diverging, divers, diverse, diversified, eclectic, equivocal,
fifty-fifty, half-and-half, heterogeneous, in disagreement,
inaccordant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant,
indiscriminate, inharmonious, intricate, ironic, irreconcilable,
jumbled, many, many and various, many-sided, medley, mingled,
miscellaneous, mixed, motley, multifaceted, multifarious,
multinational, multiracial, of all sorts, patchy, pluralistic,
poles apart, poles asunder, promiscuous, scrambled, separate,
separated, several, sundry, syncretic, thrown together,
unconformable, unequal, unlike, variant, variegated, various,
varying, widely apart, worlds apart
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