kaleidoscopically
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- adverb
- /kəˌlaɪdəˈskoʊpɪkli/
:
calescópicamente
- The dancers moved kaleidoscopically, their costumes swirling in a colorful blur under the stage lights.
- flash kaleidoscopically
- colors flash kaleidoscopically
- changes kaleidoscopically
Examples
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The central preoccupation of modern optical theory, therefore, was how we move from the fiat mosaic of colors that kaleidoscopically form the retinal image to the perception of space within everyday, normative seeing.
Academic text (2002) -
Below it, crystal webs glimmered kaleidoscopically.
Fiction book (1997) -
March 4th: the domestic situation changes kaleidoscopically quickly...
Academic text (2011) -
They swing kaleidoscopically as she dances the frames.
Fiction book (1991) -
Space first appears as geometric forms, revolving kaleidoscopically.
Fiction book (2000) -
The first full-length, Send It Across to Me, is a deviously catchy album, with simple musical ideas that kaleidoscopically expand in front of your ears.
Blog text (7) -
As the fireworks exploded, the colors sparkled kaleidoscopically across the night sky.
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The garden was filled with flowers that bloomed kaleidoscopically, creating a vibrant display of colors.
Synonyms
In quick repeated flashes of light
In a way that shows changing rainbow colors that shine
Antonyms
How Changeable
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Surface Forms
Morphology
kaleidoscopically = kaleidoscopic (transparent) = kaleidoscope + ic + ally
The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'kaleidoscopic' by adding the adverbial suffix '-ally'; the adjective is clearly derived from 'kaleidoscope' + '-ic'.
Etymology
Kaleidoscopically comes from kaleidoscope, the toy name made from Greek parts kalos 'beautiful', eidos 'shape', and skopein 'to look'. So, when something happens kaleidoscopically, it changes quickly into many colors or patterns, like the changing pictures you see inside a kaleidoscope.