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English
Etymology
From contrast + -ful.
Adjective
contrastful (comparative more contrastful, superlative most contrastful)
- 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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