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PAINTERLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does painterly mean?
• PAINTERLY (adjective)
The adjective PAINTERLY has 1 sense:
1. having qualities unique to the art of painting
Familiarity information: PAINTERLY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having qualities unique to the art of painting
Similar:
aesthetic; aesthetical; esthetic; esthetical (concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste)
Domain category:
beaux arts; fine arts (the study and creation of visual works of art)
Derivation:
painter (an artist who paints)
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