diverslyadv.
/ˈdʌɪvəzli/ 1. In divers ways, variously; formerly, Differently, diversely adv. (of which this was a common spelling before 1700); in some recent writers = In several or sundry ways.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adverb]
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c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 810 Somme folke have desired fame Diversly.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xvi. 79 Alle we ben brethren þauh we be diuersliche cloþede.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21807 Þis tale.. Mani telles diuersli [Fairf. diuerseli], For þai find diuers stori.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. i. 1 God in tyme past diversly and many wayes [etc.].
1595 E. Spenser Amoretti liv, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. D4v Disguysing diuersly my troubled wits.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. iii. §6. 257 Diuers haue diuersly set downe the forme of the Hebrew yeare.
1639 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata (new ed.) lxiv. §669 Stubborn enemies..are torn in peeces of horses, diversly driven.
1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 1st Ser. (ed. 7) IV. 100 They flew diversly in great consternation.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Confess. Enquiring Spirit (1853) iii. 64 One spirit, working diversly, now awakening strength, and now glorifying itself in weakness. [See Author's Note.]
1881 A. C. Swinburne Mary Stuart iii. i. 112 Men's minds Are with affections diversly distraught.
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1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. vi. 4 This sayd kyng gouerned right diuersly his realme by ye exortacion of Sir Hewe Spencer.
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