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Varying   /vˈɛriɪŋ/   Listen
Varying

adjective
1.
Marked by diversity or difference.  Synonym: variable.  "Nature is infinitely variable"



Vary

verb
(past & past part. varied; pres. part. varying)
1.
Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence.  Synonyms: alter, change.  "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
2.
Be at variance with; be out of line with.  Synonyms: depart, deviate, diverge.  Antonym: conform.
3.
Be subject to change in accordance with a variable.  "His moods vary depending on the weather"
4.
Make something more diverse and varied.  Synonyms: motley, variegate.



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"Varying" Quotes from Famous Books



... colors which adorn your homes and daily life, with the beautiful tones that time has given to the century-old walls and battlements that look down upon your noble bay. The combination has seemed to me, as I have looked upon it today, to be most remarkable; and these varying scenes of beauty have seemed to be suggestive of what nations can do for each other, some giving the beauty and the tender tones; some giving the sturdy and strenuous effort. May the intercourse between ...
— Latin America and the United States - Addresses by Elihu Root • Elihu Root

... for a definition, for a score of varying ones may be found, but let us grasp this fact: By imagination we mean either the faculty or the process of forming ...
— The Art of Public Speaking • Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein

... Well, it's just so with this room. It has a face. I like it very—" She broke off, helplessly inarticulate before the confusion of her thoughts, and looked timidly at the man. She was used to kindly, amused laughter when she tried, stumblingly, to phrase some of the quickly varying impressions which made her life so full ...
— The Squirrel-Cage • Dorothy Canfield

... and lyceums, and lecture-rooms had greater charms for the more seriously inclined. The old and the young, the grave and the gay, found no lack of occupation, amusement and instruction to suit their several tastes or varying moods. The second week of their visit, the marriage of Alice Morris and Oliver Murray came off, Miriam serving as bridesmaid, Dr. Douglass as groomsman, and Mr. Willcoxen ...
— The Missing Bride • Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

... governing the ordinary transactions of life is that of the State where they may have their seat. This was affirmed in the original Judiciary Act,[Footnote: U. S. Revised Statutes, Sec. 721. As "equity follows the law," State legislation creating new equitable rights or varying those formerly established also affects causes in equity in the Federal courts. Brine v. Insurance Co., 96 U. S. Reports, 627; but see James v. Gray, 131 Federal Reporter, 401.] as a general rule for the courts of the United States in trials at common law. By another Act ...
— The American Judiciary • Simeon E. Baldwin, LLD


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