colorfully
1
2.4
- adverb
- /ˈkʌlərfəlɪ/
- US
:
de colores
- The balcony has been colorfully decorated.
- dress colorfully
Examples
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We walked around chatting with the merchants, my camera ready to photograph the colorfully dressed people.
Academic text (2006) -
In the afternoon sessions, colorfully attired masks entertain the public with intricate dances.
Academic text (2008) -
The men, not to be outdone by the women, dress colorfully, especially with their interesting turbans.
Academic text (1996) -
Tiny lambs and colorfully dressed children were often sheltered in the center.
Academic text (2001) -
The tutor, a young social work student, glances down at the colorfully dressed older women in the classroom, all so much shorter than he is.
Academic text (1997) -
The book begins with an introduction that is followed by six colorfully illustrated short chapters that address how earthworms breathe, move, eat, protect themselves, reproduce, and adapt to their environment.
Academic text (2014) -
She wore a wide dark-red dress and a colorfully embroidered Indian vest with tiny mirrors worked into the fabric.
Fiction book (1997) -
Her mother-in-law was staring into the large, airy Florida room that opened off the ladies' bar, where several dozen colorfully dressed women sat at tables of bridge, chattering like parakeets.
Fiction book (2001) -
In the town below, we visit the Pattwa Haveli (sandstone home), which is the site of a classical scene: a colorfully dressed young lady posed on an elaborately carved balcony, with the entire scene beautifully bathed in the desert sunlight.
Academic text (1996) -
The festival was a delight, with dancers performing colorfully in vivid costumes and bright decorations.
Synonyms
69
1.0
In a way that has a lot of light or that looks happy
53
3.4
In a way that makes pictures in your mind and feelings very clear
9
3.3
Shining with a very bright, strong light
2
3.5
Shows lively energy and bright color
2
5.3
In a very bright and impressive way
In a way that shows changing rainbow colors that shine
Antonyms
How Colorful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Colorfully comes from color ('shade' or look) plus -ful ('full of') and -ly ('in a way'). So to do something colorfully in this sense is to use bright, strong colours that stand out.