variablyadv.
/ˈvɛːrɪəbli/, U.S. /ˈvɛriəbli/ In a variable, inconstant, or uncertain manner; changeably, with variation.
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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
?1591 H. Barrow Brief Discouerie False Church 4 Amongst those 4 he stil contended to set vp one chief, which variably fell out, sometimes to one, sometimes to another.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Variamente, changeablie,..diuerslie, variablie.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Veranderlicken, changeably, or Variably.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Variably, changeably, uncertainly.
1772 C. Hutton Princ. Bridges iv The variably increased velocity.
1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI cxxi. 124 The blue eyes glared, And rather variably for stony death.
1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 372 That nature was, within certain limits, only variably uniform.
1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 275/1 The..variably-coloured Helices.
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