characterfully
In a characterful way.
Adverb
- In a characterful way.
- My idea concerning the stage picture was that it should represent truthfully and characterfully the original ‘Dance in Place Congo’ as described by Mr. Cable. - 1919, Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, quotee, Boston...
- Unfortunately, your characterfully arranged business card turns out ineffective because of a poor choice of colors. - 1923 January, J. L. Frazier, “Specimens”, in Harry Hillman, editor, The Inland Printer, volume 70,...
- The lines leap off the page in the 1817 volume not, I insist, because they are good, and not because they are characterfully bad like so much of the early poetry of feel, but because they are unKeatsian. - 1969, John...
Origin
Etymology tree Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)der. Latin charactērder. Old French caracterebor. Middle English caracter English character Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful English -ful English characterful Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English characterfully From characterful + -ly.