colourfullycolorfullyadv.

Brit.

/ˈkʌləfᵿli/,

/ˈkʌləfl̩i/, U.S.

/ˈkələrf(ə)li/

Forms: see colourful adj. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: colourful adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < colourful adj. + -ly suffix².

1. Expressively; vividly; in a lively or spirited manner.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adverb] > in racy or exciting manner

piquantly1691

colourfully1907

saltily1926

1907 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. May 641 In spite of a limited vocabulary, Don was colorfully picturing the never fading glories of circus shreds and patches.

1921 J. F. Porte Sir E. Elgar 90 The opening theme appears vigorously in the trombones, the whole being colourfully treated.

1962 Western Folklore 21 28 The North American in Mexico has coined a number of names for the inevitable dysentery and diarrhea: ‘Mexican two-step’,..and, less directly if more colorfully, ‘Montezuma's revenge’..and the ‘Aztec hop’.

2003 T. Litt Finding Myself 9 The small picturesque Greek island of Irakia and its colourfully eccentric inhabitants.

2. literal. With or in a bright colour or colours.

ΚΠ

1928 Boys' Life Nov. 23/2 Feet clad in pointed, patent-leather boots, elaborately and colorfully stitched.

1971 L. Beckwith About my Father's Business (1973) xiii. 162 On Saturday nights the ‘boaties’, as we called the people from the canal barges, surged colourfully into town.

2002 Sawubona (S. Afr. Airways In-flight Mag.) Sept. 68/2 We stopped at the village of..Huang Luo to watch colourfully clad..women wash their long, pitch-black hair in the river.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	colourfully
释义	colourfullycolorfullyadv. Brit. /ˈkʌləfᵿli/, /ˈkʌləfl̩i/, U.S. /ˈkələrf(ə)li/ Forms: see colourful adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: colourful adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < colourful adj. + -ly suffix². 1. Expressively; vividly; in a lively or spirited manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adverb] > in racy or exciting manner piquantly1691 colourfully1907 saltily1926 1907 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. May 641 In spite of a limited vocabulary, Don was colorfully picturing the never fading glories of circus shreds and patches. 1921 J. F. Porte Sir E. Elgar 90 The opening theme appears vigorously in the trombones, the whole being colourfully treated. 1962 Western Folklore 21 28 The North American in Mexico has coined a number of names for the inevitable dysentery and diarrhea: ‘Mexican two-step’,..and, less directly if more colorfully, ‘Montezuma's revenge’..and the ‘Aztec hop’. 2003 T. Litt Finding Myself 9 The small picturesque Greek island of Irakia and its colourfully eccentric inhabitants. 2. literal. With or in a bright colour or colours. ΚΠ 1928 Boys' Life Nov. 23/2 Feet clad in pointed, patent-leather boots, elaborately and colorfully stitched. 1971 L. Beckwith About my Father's Business (1973) xiii. 162 On Saturday nights the ‘boaties’, as we called the people from the canal barges, surged colourfully into town. 2002 Sawubona (S. Afr. Airways In-flight Mag.) Sept. 68/2 We stopped at the village of..Huang Luo to watch colourfully clad..women wash their long, pitch-black hair in the river. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1907
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