Multifarious
[,mʌltɪ'feərɪəs] or [,mʌltɪ'fɛrɪəs]
Definition
(a.) Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold.
(a.) Having parts, as leaves, arranged in many vertical rows.
Typist: Miguel
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Multiform, manifold, various, divers, diversified, different, of many sorts, of various kinds, of all sorts and kinds; this, that, or the other.
Editor: Megan
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Various, varied, multigenerous, multitudinous, multifold, manifold, multiform
ANT:Single, uniform, unvaried, unvarying, few
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Definition
adj. having great diversity: made up of many parts: manifold: (bot.) in many rows or ranks.—adv. Multifā′riously.—n. Multifā′riousness the state of being multifarious: multiplied variety: (law) the fault of improperly joining in one bill distinct and independent matters and thereby confounding them.
Editor: Rae
Examples
- An electric lamp answering certain specific requirements would, indeed, be the key to the situation, but its commercial adaptation required a multifarious variety of apparatus and devices. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- So much they could do upon earth, the multifarious little gods that they were. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But Rawdon flung open boxes and wardrobes, throwing the multifarious trumpery of their contents here and there, and at last he found the desk. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- As a matter of fact, hardly one of the multifarious princes and rulers in Europe seems to have been acting in good faith. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Rae