contrastful

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English

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Etymology

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From contrast +‎ -ful.

Adjective

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contrastful (comparative more contrastful, superlative most contrastful)

  1. Marked by strong contrast; full of contrasts.
    • 1926 May 22, Morris Markey, “A Yankee Holiday”, in The New Yorker, volume 2, number 14, New York, N. Y.: F-R Pub. Corp., page 21:
      On the stage, the chief actor always wears the best clothes. He has the best lines to recite. And he has a whole flock of minor players who subdue themselves that his brilliance may be highly contrastful.

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