diversely

English

Alternative forms

• diversly (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English diverseliche, diversliche, dyverseli, dyversely, dyversliche, dyversly, equivalent to diverse +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɝs.li/, /daɪˈvɝs.li/

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Adverb

diversely (comparative more diversely, superlative most diversely)

1. In a diverse manner.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:diversely

   • 1603, Plutarch, “The Contradictions of Stociek philoſophers”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 1068:

     Thoſe teachers that be of the wiſer ſort, cal for their ſchoolage and minervals of their ſcholars, not all after one maner, but diverſly: a number of them, according as the preſent occaſion requireth, who promiſe not to make them wiſe men, and that within a yeere; […]

Translations

diversely

• Esperanto: diverse