† multifaryadv.adj.
Obsolete. rare.
A. adv.
In various or many ways.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adverb]
manifoldlyeOE
mislicheeOE
sere-wise1340
in (also on, by) sundry wisea1393
in sundry waysa1393
manifolda1400
manifoldwise1440
multifarya1450
sunderly?a1450
multiplyingly1483
sundrilya1500
several1551
changeably1567
sundrywise1591
severally1605
variously1627
miscellaneously1639
multifariously1657
variedly1827
a1450–1500 ( Libel Eng. Policy (1926) 560 (MED) Wee sent..Tenne thousande peple..To werre unto her hynderynge multiphary.
?a1475 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) (1908) 281 Multifarie, multipliciter.
B. adj.
Of many kinds, multifarious.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective]
sunderlyeOE
manifoldeOE
selcoutha1000
felefoldc1000
mislichOE
alkinOE
manykinOE
fele-kync1175
serekina1300
sundera1325
sundrya1325
serea1340
divers1340
varyingc1340
variantc1380
muchfoldc1384
serelepesa1400
serelepya1400
multifaryc1460
sundryfoldc1460
multiplicate?a1475
variable?a1475
sundrilyc1480
diversea1542
particoloured1591
multifarious1593
Protean1594
daedal1596
choiceful1605
Daedalian1605
multiplex1606
variated1608
diversified1611
multiplicious1617
variousa1634
multivarious1636
mosaic1644
multiple1647
omnigenous1650
chequered1656
plurifarious1656
ununiform1660
variate1677
disuniform1687
Proteusian1689
unsteady1690
unequable1693
inequable1721
variegating1727
varied1733
multitudinous1744
multifold1806
polygeneous1818
unequalized1822
ruleless1836
varicoloured185.
non-uniform1856
omnigener1857
polytypic1858
multiferous1860
variatious1871
variegated1872
polytypical1890
c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Fabula Duorum Mercatorum (Harl.) 530 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 504 (MED) O, out on neede of malys multipharye He gan to crye in his ire and woo.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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