motley

[US]/ˈmɒtli/
[UK]/ˈmɑːtli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. diverse in character or appearance; varied and colorful.

Phrases & Collocations

a motley crew

a motley assortment

a motley collection

motley colors

motley patterns

Example Sentences

a motley collection of books

a motley collection of social misfits.

a motley crew of discontents and zealots.

a motley of interacting interest groups.

His friends were a motley crew.

the cause attracted a motley crew of discontents and zealots.

life-size mannequins in full motley .

With Tirol before it, the motley battlewagon went on combat alert.

the usual motley crowd of tourists, hawkers and pigeons

The audience consisted of a motley crowd of property owners, renters, and drifters.

a jester dressed in motley; the painted desert,; a particolored dress; a piebald horse; pied daisies.

9. a jester dressed in motley; the painted desert,; a particolored dress; a piebald horse; pied daisies.

Real-world Examples

I did not realise how motley are the qualities that go to make up a human being.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

And he needed the psychological skills to manage his literally motley crew.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American April 2019 Collection

Sansa smoothed down her skirts and sat. " I think... fools, my lady? You mean... the sort in motley" ?

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

A motley group, but then most friends are.

Source: After You (Me Before You #2)

You start to get that sort of motley colouration there it gets worse there.

Source: The Economist (Video Edition)

She was so impressed by hisenormous motley nakedness that she felt an impulse to retreat.

Source: One Hundred Years of Solitude

They’re a motley crew, independently evolving similar mouthparts at least four times over the eons.

Source: SciShow Collection

His pockets contained a motley collection of coins, movie ticket stubs, and old candies.

Source: Collins-Longman-All

This motley group of emerging markets have been among the biggest buyers of gold this time around.

Source: Economist Finance and economics

Behind the car came a motley string of figures—street Arabs, beggars, clowns turning somersaults, and costermongers hawking their wares.

Source: The Gadfly (Original Version)

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