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
We have a naval station at Halifax chargeable colonially.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 by Various
It may not, however, be so generally known that she has made what is colonially termed a 'bolt' from here....
From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Horace Wyndham
