painterly

Adjective
US[peyn-ter-lee]/ˈpeɪntɚli/3 syllables

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. having qualities unique to the art of paintingOpposite inaestheticSimilar aesthetic, esthetic
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Paint′er·ly (pānt′ẽr-ly̆), adjective

Like a painter's work. obsolete “A painterly glose of a visage.” Sir Philip Sidney

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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