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colourful

/ ˈkʌləfʊl /

adjective

  1. having intense colour or richly varied colours
  2. vivid, rich, or distinctive in character


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Derived Forms

  • ˈcolourfulness, noun
  • ˈcolourfully, adverb

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Example Sentences

It was daring, sculptural, colourful and free – and like nothing else that had gone before.

What is the point of this thick, colourful book, except as a sort of cultural tea bag for the American market?

Artists have colourful lives, and this fascinating biography reveals the interesting times of this most amusing painter.

Almost the first thing which impressed us was the colourful quality of the winter landscape.

It is not hard to make for oneself a colourful picture of a typical Sunday congregation in these dead and gone days.

The colourful and graphic pictures make these histories beloved by all children whether they read the text or not.

Few dare visit the colourful forest of evil or the treacherous river, for strange and unholy things dwell therein.

In the course of their career, few women could have cut a wider swath, or one more colourful and glamorous.

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