colorfully

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adverb

In a colorful manner.

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Meanings

adverbcolorfully (comparative more colorfully, superlative most colorfully)

comparative more colorfully · superlative most colorfully · alternative colourfully

  1. In a colorful manner.

    Put slightly more colorfully, if a player left a strategy with his or her lawyer before the game began, the lawyer could play the game for the player without ever needing further instructions as to how to play.

    1992, Robert Gibbons, A Primer in Game Theory, Prentice-Hall, page 92

Origin

From colorful + -ly.

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Translations

Polish barwiście, barwnie
  • barwiścieTranslations
  • barwnieTranslations
  • kolorowoTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

colorfully. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colorfully

MLA

“colorfully.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colorfully. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colorfully,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colorfully.

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