Both Uses
vary
in
All the Pretty Horses
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- They were bunched against the fence at the far side of the enclosure and they were a mixed lot, roans and duns and bays and a few paints and they were of varied size and conformation.†
Chpt 2 *varied = differed; or changed
- An old Packard hearse with a varied assortment of dusty cars and trucks behind.†
Chpt 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(vary) to be different, or to changeVary 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."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)