as in brightly
in a manner that is colorful and tends to arouse gaiety
a colorfully illustrated children's alphabet book
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Recent Examples of colorfully
Shot in a colorfully naturalistic style by Irina Lubtchansky (My Golden Days), the film occasionally switches to what looks like Super 8mm, capturing the action more intimately and playfully.
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
One expert, reflecting on personal experience, put it more colorfully.
—George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
One expert, reflecting on personal experience, put it more colorfully.
—George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colorfully
brightly
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Behind them were two rows of brightly colored kayaks emerging from the low-lying fog.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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Zones 3-9 The brightly colored flowers of Oriental poppies (Papaver orientale), with their delicate, papery petals, bloom in mid to late spring, sometimes until early summer.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Colorfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colorfully. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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