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variableness

American  
[vair-ee-uh-buhl-nis] / ˈvɛər i ə bəl nɪs /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being variable.


Other Word Forms

  • invariableness noun

Example Sentences

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Just because the world is so full of variableness, our hearts' affections fasten with the tighter grip upon anything that seems to have the guarantees of permanence.

From A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer by Huntington, William Reed

In the midst of all this variableness and uncertainty of human opinion, is there no ground of certainty?

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

The nature and destiny of man have appeared to us under their most striking and their simplest aspect, in all their extent and in all their variableness.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I by Lodge, Henry Cabot

Remembering then, the variableness of our climate, I candidly admit that I consider any precise directions of very little value.

From Theory and Practice, Applied to the Cultivation of the Cucumber in the Winter Season To Which Is Added a Chapter on Melons by Moore, Thomas

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of Lights, with Whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."

From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)