painterly
AdjectiveUS[peyn-ter-lee]/ˈpeɪntɚli/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (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