changefullyadv.
/ˈtʃeɪn(d)ʒf(ᵿ)li/, U.S. /ˈtʃeɪndʒf(ə)li/ In a changeful, varying, or inconstant manner.
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the world > time > change > [adverb]
inconstantly1549
changeably1567
changingly1580
variably?1591
fickle1596
unsettledlyc1598
mutably1611
changefully1615
up and down1643
veeringly1847
varyinglyc1862
kaleidoscopically1866
shiftily1878
modificationally1908
variationally1961
the world > time > change > changeableness > [adverb]
ficklya1300
unconstantlya1542
changefully1615
up and down1643
ticklish1661
titter-totter1673
upon the float1768
titubantly1861
weathercock-wise1874
wimble-wamble1890
rockily1895
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adverb]
ficklya1300
unconstantlya1542
inconstantly1549
unsteadfastly1559
chameleon-like1589
changefully1615
unsteadily1709
1615 J. Sylvester Hymn of Almes 54 in 2nd Session Parl. Vertues Reall A moistful Water, wauing Changefully.
1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone x. 91 The gleams from the great burning logs lighted up..the polished walnut panels so changefully.
1874 All Year Round 5 Sept. 504/1 Her eyes looked at me strangely, changefully, defiantly, and then appealingly.
1921 M. Diver Far to Seek iii. 24 Her dress, that was the colour of a dove's wing, shimmered changefully as she moved.
2005 E. Summers-Bremner in L. Doyle & L. Winkiel Geomodernisms xiv. 262 All geographies are psychogeographies, changefully interactive settings fortified by cultural myths and communal memories.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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