All 8 Uses of
vary
in
David Copperfield
- So the fortnight slipped away, varied by nothing but the variation of the tide, which altered Mr. Peggotty's times of going out and coming in, and altered Ham's engagements also.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- There could not well be more ink splashed about it, if it had been roofless from its first construction, and the skies had rained, snowed, hailed, and blown ink through the varying seasons of the year.†
Chpt 4-6
- Mr. Peggotty's face, which had varied in its expression with the various stages of his narrative, now resumed all its former triumphant delight, as he laid a hand upon my knee and a hand upon Steerforth's (previously wetting them both, for the greater emphasis of the action), and divided the following speech between us: 'All of a sudden, one evening — as it might be tonight — comes little Em'ly from her work, and him with her!†
Chpt 19-21
- What a form she had, what a face she had, what a graceful, variable, enchanting manner!†
Chpt 25-27
- We varied the legal character of these proceedings by going to see some perspiring Wax-work, in Fleet Street (melted, I should hope, these twenty years); and by visiting Miss Linwood's Exhibition, which I remember as a Mausoleum of needlework, favourable to self-examination and repentance; and by inspecting the Tower of London; and going to the top of St. Paul's.†
Chpt 31-33
- She listened with great attention, and with a face that often changed, but had the same purpose in all its varying expressions.†
Chpt 46-48
- I found a vast amount of profession, varying very little in character: varying very little (which I thought exceedingly suspicious), even in words.†
Chpt 61-62
- I found a vast amount of profession, varying very little in character: varying very little (which I thought exceedingly suspicious), even in words.†
Chpt 61-62
Definition:
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(vary) to be different, or to changeeditor's notes: Vary is often used to describe small differences or changes--especially about things of the same type. It would be more common to say "The weight of full-grown elephants varies depending upon diet and other factors," than to say "The weight of elephants varies from that of mice."