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artistly en · ADJ

Etymology

From artist + -ly.

Meanings

1. (rare) Befitting an artist.
   • Artistly people and some writerlies and some law students slumming. 2004, Garrison Keillor, Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America:

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more artistly	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most artistly	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

artistly en · ADV

Etymology

From artist + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an artistic fashion.
   • There's Kirkup cocks his eye at her, not wickedly, but artistly, and declares she has the most beautiful eyes, forehead, nose, mouth, chin, cheeks, neck and all that, and such a figure, such a shape! 1966, Charles Armitage Brown, Jack Stillinger, Letters, Harvard University Press, 1966:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most artistly	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more artistly	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic