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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

artistically en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪstɪkəli/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪstɪkli/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -ista Late Latin artistader. French artiste Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French artistiquebor. English artistic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English artistically From artistic + -ally.

Meanings

  1. In an artistic manner.
    • It was a view of Wildfell Hall, as seen at early morning from the field below, rising in dark relief against a sky of clear silvery blue, with a few red streaks on the horizon, faithfully drawn and coloured, and very elegantly and artistically handled. 1848, Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall:
  2. Regarding arts
    • There’s a moment when John Sill gazes at the “Mona Lisa,” which he has stolen from the Louvre. The painting, he villainsplains to Kitu, is artistically unimpressive but nevertheless “a work of genius. Marketing genius.” 2022 November 1, Molly Young, “In a New Novel, Percival Everett Riffs Gleefully on 007”, in The New York Times:

Forms

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more artistically Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most artistically Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

inartistically

Relateds

artistic

Translations (10)

pl artystycznie (In an artistic manner) · de künstlerisch (In an artistic manner) · gl artisticamente (In an artistic manner) · ca artísticament (In an artistic manner) · fi taiteellisesti (In an artistic manner) · it artisticamente (In an artistic manner) · pt artisticamente (In an artistic manner) · fr artistement (In an artistic manner) · es artísticamente (In an artistic manner) · fr artistiquement (In an artistic manner)