Definition of vary

"vary" in the verb sense

1. change, alter, vary

become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence

"her mood changes in accordance with the weather"

"The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"

2. deviate, vary, diverge, depart

be at variance with be out of line with

3. vary

be subject to change in accordance with a variable

"Prices vary"

"His moods vary depending on the weather"

4. vary, variegate, motley

make something more diverse and varied

"Vary the menu"

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Quotations for vary

She is as constant as the stars
That never vary, and more chaste than they. [ Proctor ]

Gods, that never change their state, vary oft their love and hate. [ Waller ]

The laws of nature never vary; in their application they never hesitate, nor are wanting. [ Draper ]

Degrees of happiness vary according to the degrees of virtue, and consequently, that life which is most virtuous is most happy. [ Norris ]

I believe one reason why women are generally so much more cheerful than men is because they can work with the needle, and so endlessly vary their employment. [ Sydney Smith ]

Pale, Pallid, or Wan? All these terms denote an absence of color, but vary in degree, pallid rising upon pale, and wan upon pallid. Paleness in the countenance may be temporary, but pallidness and wanness are caused by sickness, hunger, or fatigue, and are of longer duration. [ Pure English, Hackett And Girvin, 1884 ]

Nature, at all events, humanly speaking, is manifestly very fond of color; for she has made nothing without it. Her skies are blue; her fields, green; her waters vary with her skies; her animals, vegetables, minerals, are all colored. She paints a great many of them in apparently superfluous hues, as if to show the dullest eye how she loves color. [ Leigh Hunt ]

vary in Scrabble®

The word vary is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

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vary in Words With Friends™

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

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Words within the letters of vary

2 letter words in vary (3 words)

3 letter words in vary (2 words)

4 letter words in vary (1 word)

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vary + 2 blanks (7 words)

Words containing the sequence vary

Words that start with vary (3 words)

Words with vary in them (4 words)

Words that end with vary (6 words)

Word Growth involving vary

Shorter words in vary

ar

Longer words containing vary

olivary juxtaolivary

ovary covary covarying

salivary

varying covarying

varying unvarying unvaryingly

varying varyingly unvaryingly