painterly en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Old French peintorbor. Middle English peyntour English painter Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English painterly From painter + -ly.
Meanings
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Characteristic of a painter or paintings.
She always shows and never tells. For some poets, such a concentration on the concrete may imply a loosening of language and of perception, or an immersion into raw emotion. Instead, Becker clothes the everyday in a spare, painterly clarity of perception.
1982 August 28, Andrea Loewenstein, “Becker's Experience Talks Back”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 7, page 11:
- (of a painting) Having clear brush-strokes.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most painterly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more painterly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
plastic (antonym(s) of “having clear brush-strokes”) · linear (antonym(s) of “having clear brush-strokes”)
Deriveds
unpainterly · postpainterly · painterliness
Translations (1)
eo pentra (characteristic of a painter or paintings)