All 4 Uses

vary
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Lost Horizon
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Actually, he felt he had played them rather well; he had had a varied and moderately enjoyable decade.†
Chpt 1

varied = differed; or changed
He turned to the others, who had by this time caught up and were regarding the encounter with varying degrees of astonishment.†
Chpt 3 *

varying = differing; or changing
The whole cultivated area stretched for perhaps a dozen miles, varying in width from one to five, and though narrow, it had the luck to take sunlight at the hottest part of the day.†
Chpt 6
The long talk, with its varying phases, had left him empty of all save a satisfaction that was as much of the mind as of the emotions, and as much of the spirit as of either; even his doubts were now no longer harassing, but part of a subtle harmony.†
Chpt 8

Definitions:

(1) (vary)
to be different, or to change

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."
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)