variably

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English variable

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English variably

From variable + -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛəɹiəbli/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Adverb

variably (comparative more variably, superlative most variably)

1. In a variable manner.
   • 1997, Lewis Acrelius Froman, Language and Power, page 100:

     We become "native speakers," but variably with respect to numerous valued/powered criteria of truth/goodness/beauty focals) and their derivative values which "leave" "some” more valuable ( as speakers ) than others.

   • 1979, Journal - Association for Recorded Sound Collections:

     The Handel excerpts are afflicted with a combination of high surface noise from the source material as well as variably muzzy sound.

   • 2015 July 16, “Association between Chronic Laryngitis and Particulate Matter Based on the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008–2012”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Laryngeal examinations almost always reveal diffuse but variably severe supraglottal and glottal erythema and edema.

Antonyms

• invariably

Derived terms

• bivariably
• multivariably

Translations

in a variable manner

• Catalan: variablement
• Galician: variablemente
• Italian: variabilmente (it)
• Portuguese: variavelmente
• Spanish: variablemente