adverb
1. : in various ways : at various times : diversely
was variously occupied teaching school, farming, clerking in a store
the family name is variously spelled — Current Biography
artists speaking languages variously alien to our own — Irwin Edman
the most variously stored mind of his age — Robert Lynd
2. : by various designations
insects variously known as sandflies, biting midges, punkies — Journal of Economic Entomology
3. : in a varied selection or arrangement
scattered on top of the outmoded square piano, I could see variously : a large family album, several daguerreotypes, an assortment of seashells — Ruby Tartt