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painterly

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Definition of painterly

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Characteristic of a painter or paintings.
    “She always shows and never tells. For some poets, such a concentration on the concrete may imply a loosening of language and of perception, or an immersion into raw emotion. Instead, Becker clothes the everyday in a spare, painterly clarity of perception.”
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adj

  1. Characteristic of a painter or paintings.
    “She always shows and never tells. For some poets, such a concentration on the concrete may imply a loosening of language and of perception, or an immersion into raw emotion. Instead, Becker clothes the everyday in a spare, painterly clarity of perception.”
  2. Having clear brush-strokes.

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Etymology

From painter + -ly.

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