colorful

colorful
colorfully, adv.colorfulness, n.
/kul"euhr feuhl/, adj.
1. abounding in color: In their tartans, the Scots guard made a colorful array.
2. richly eventful or picturesque: a colorful historical period.
3. presenting or suggesting vivid or striking scenes: a colorful narrative.
[1885-90; COLOR + -FUL]
Syn. 3. vigorous, spirited, dynamic.

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