PAINTERLY


Meaning of PAINTERLY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpān-tər-lē ]

adjective

Date: circa 1586

1. : of, relating to, or typical of a painter : artistic

painterly attention to detail

2. : suggestive or characteristic of a painting or of the art of painting

painterly photography

especially : marked by an openness of form which is not linear and in which sharp outlines are lacking

painterly brushwork

a painterly landscape

• paint·er·li·ness noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.