varied

varied
    adj 1: characterized by variety; "immigrants' varied ethnic and
           religious traditions"; "his work is interesting and
           varied" [ant: {unvaried}, {unvarying}]
    2: widely different; "varied motives prompt people to join a
       political party"; "varied ethnic traditions of the
       immigrants" [syn: {varied}, {wide-ranging}]
    3: broken away from sameness or identity or duplication; "her
       quickly varied answers indicated uncertainty"
    

Varied \Va"ried\, a.
   Changed; altered; various; diversified; as, a varied
   experience; varied interests; varied scenery. --
   {Va"ried*ly}, adv.
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         The varied fields of science, ever new.  --Cowper.
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Vary \Va"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Varied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Varying}.] [OE. varien, F. varier, L. variare, fr. varius
   various. See {Various}, and cf. {Variate}.]
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   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.
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            Shall we vary our device at will,
            Even as new occasion appears?         --Spenser.
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   2. To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to
      alternate.
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            Gods, that never change their state,
            Vary oft their love and hate.         --Waller.
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            We are to vary the customs according to the time and
            country where the scene of action lies. --Dryden.
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   3. To make of different kinds; to make different from one
      another; to diversify; to variegate.
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            God hath varied their inclinations.   --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
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            God hath here
            Varied his bounty so with new delights. --Milton.
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   4. (Mus.) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present
      under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See
      {Variation}, 4.
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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