English to Swahili Meaning of motley - Motley

Motley :

Motley

noun

Motley

adjective

Motley, rangi za, chama-rangi, parti-rangi, mbalimbali, kushangaza

Motley :: MotleyMotleys :: motleys

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Definitions of motley in English

Noun(1) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things(2) a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume(3) a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
Verb(1) make something more diverse and varied(2) make motley; color with different colors
Adjective(1) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds(2) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

Examples of motley in English

(1) This massively influential music producer has spawned a whole motley of lesser soundalikes with his pioneering electronic sounds.(2) By 1998, the BJP had recognised this only too well, cobbling together a motley , and ideologically disparate, bunch of allies.(3) At the first shop Pam and I settle for a motley of 50s cutlery and kitchen tools.(4) The clerk looked from Ben to the parcels, as if debating momentarily with himself quite what he should do with the motley little collection of brown paper packages.(5) Dozens of giant steel animals will be pulled through the streets by a motley crew of characters.(6) Whatever pedestrian space was left would be jammed with a motley , jostling throng of buyers.(7) Now we have a motley of cultures and religions to teach our children.(8) Elsewhere, gun fanciers can pay as much as 1,000 for 800 rounds of ammunition to blast away at a motley variety of banged-up cars, buses and boats with a .50-calibre heavy machine gun.(9) A motley crew of hapless musicians and street performers are seen trying to cheer up citizens in what appears to be a breadline.(10) She had faith in a motley of astrologers and psychics, and it is perhaps a standing reproach that they failed to signal danger.(11) I look at everyone and everything around me in the sea of motley colors vibrating in the room.(12) Accompanied by five other friends, we were a motley group ourselves, due to the multiple nationalities represented, as well as the fact that half of us are vegetarians.(13) He is remarkable only for wearing his hair like a fool - literally looking like some doleful court jester in black and white motley with a fright-wig hairdo.(14) We're down from one hundred to a mere twenty-one, and a motley , ill-assorted collection they are, too.(15) When the Duchess of Newcastle appears in public in outlandish attire or publishes her original views on women's position in society, she is not dressed in motley .(16) So there we were last night at Brandon's bar in the Arcade ├ö├ç├Â a motley collection of journalists and political hangers-on.

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Synonyms

Adjective

1. miscellaneous ::

miscellaneous

2. disparate ::

tofauti

3. diverse ::

mbalimbali

4. assorted ::

assorted

5. varied ::

mbalimbali

7. heterogeneous ::

tofauti nyingi

8. ragtag ::

wanamgambo wenye silaha duni

9. raggle-taggle ::

raggle-taggle

Noun

10. mixture ::

mchanganyiko

11. miscellany ::

vitakataka

12. potpourri ::

potpourri

13. miscellanea ::

Miscellanea

14. variety ::

tofauti

16. salmagundi ::

salmagundi

17. assortment ::

urval

18. smorgasbord ::

smorgasbord

Verb

19. variegate ::

variegate

20. vary ::

kutofautiana

Antonyms

1. homogeneous ::

jinsi moja

Different Forms

motley, motleys

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