varyingly
adverb
varyingly is an adverb meaning “In a manner that varies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-R-Y-I-N-G-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 62 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does varyingly mean?
adverb
- 1
In a manner that varies.
The shells we found on the beach were varyingly white, pink, and pale yellow.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of varyingly
- more varyingly comparative
- most varyingly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is varyingly?
Varyingly appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does varyingly come from?
From varying + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).