colorfully
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7.5
- adverb
- /ˈkʌlərfəli/
- Offensive
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- To his great and colorfully expressed displeasure, Barkan's proposal was disapproved, and it was only after the educational laboratory system was established that his concept of a research center in the arts was reborn as CEMREL's Aesthetic Education Program (AEP).
Examples
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As DREAMer Sergiu Voicila said, "If they do not want to speak to us politely, we will colorfully express our message."
Blog text (29) -
During the heated argument, he expressed himself colorfully, using words that shocked everyone.
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For good measure, I repeated myself in French, rather more colorfully.
Fiction book (1998) -
" Reader comments on various articles are even more colorfully negative.
Blog text (14) -
BLF admitted this on April 14, 1995, in response to a letter that highly criticized the legislation we are so colorfully discussing at this moment.
Blog text (28) -
He swore colorfully, if not imaginatively.
Fiction book (1991) -
Graves often more colorfully made this same economic point in conversation when telling skeptical residents, "You don't have to like the blues to like green!" (14)
Academic text (2018) -
He had put on a T-shirt that said "BAN LEG-HOLD TRAPS" and showed a number of birds and animals, crippled and quite conceivably dead, colorfully arranged around a frightful black iron trap.
Fiction book (1993) -
She colorfully recounted the tale, leaving no detail out as she shared her strong opinions.
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After the game, the coach colorfully berated the ref, filling the locker room with his colorful language.
Synonyms
2
6.3
In a cruel way that often uses hurtful words or actions
1
8.6
Shows disrespect to religious things, often using swear words
To criticise someone using very harsh, insulting words
In a very angry and insulting way, often online
In a sexually rude way
Antonyms
How Profane
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Colorfully also comes from color ('shade' or vividness') with -ful and -ly, and people use it to mean speaking or writing in a vivid, striking way. A helpful way to remember this use is to think of 'color' as 'vivid'—so speaking colorfully can mean using bold or even shocking words.