VARIABLY
variably
(adverb) with variation; in a variable manner or to a variable degree; “it will be variably cloudy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
variably (comparative more variably, superlative most variably)
In a variable manner.
Antonyms
• invariably
Source: Wiktionary
Va"ri*a*bly, adv.
Definition: In a variable manner.
VARIABLE
Va"ri*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. variabilis: cf. F. variable.]
1. Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation
in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable
quantity.
2. Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle;
unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable;
passions are variable.
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. Shak.
His heart, I know, how variable and vain! Milton.
Variable exhaust (Steam Eng.), a blast pipe with an adjustable
opening.
– Variable quantity (Math.), a variable.
– Variable stars (Astron.), fixed stars which vary in their
brightness, usually in more or less uniform periods.
Syn.
– Changeable; mutable; fickle; wavering; unsteady; versatile;
inconstant.
Va"ri*a*ble, n.
1. That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to
change.
2. (Math.)
Definition: A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity which
admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a
variable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y are
variables.
3. (Naut.)
(a) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force. (b) pl.
Definition: Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected,
especially the parts between the trade-wind belts. Independent
variable (Math.), that one of two or more variables, connected with
each other in any way whatever, to which changes are supposed to be
given at will. Thus, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, if arbitrary
changes are supposed to be given to x, then x is the independent
variable, and y is called a function of x. There may be two or more
independent variables in an equation or problem. Cf. Dependent
variable, under Dependent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition