colonial
adjective
of, concerning, or pertaining to a colony or colonies.
colonially
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a word derived from
colonial.
Example Sentences
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When wider fame came, he was in his early 30s, elderly beside his rock and folk peers, but colonially inclined to be less assertive.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2016
While Green iguanas in parts of their range nest individually, those that come to Slothia nest colonially and therefore synchronize their nesting.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 17, 2012
It’s also an abandonment of a political ideology often called Pan-Africanism — most popular in the years right after independence — that advocates strength in African unity and the dissolution of colonially imposed borders.
From Washington Post
They assumed at once that their ruler was in league with that country, and consequently they, his people, would forthwith become a Republic and colonially expand themselves as a free people should.
From Soldiers Three - Part 2 by Rudyard Kipling
With the exception of two or three little farms, comprising about 20 or 30 acres of cultivation, all was `bush' as it is colonially called.
From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris
