painterly
adjective
paint·er·ly
ˈpān-tər-lē 
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
painterliness
noun
Examples of painterly in a Sentence
He has a painterly eye.
a painterly picture of the sea
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No director before him had matched the novel’s originality in visual form—let alone with painterly beauty and nuanced performances.
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Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
In the same spirit, quintessentially Dolce & Gabbana ruched body-con dresses were tempered in their seductiveness by Fang’s painterly motifs.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025
In the past decade and half, the key shift in her painterly language is the sinuous, expressive lines that appear within her images, often in the foreground.
—Emmanuel Iduma, ARTnews.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Simpson meets the daunting beauty of the celestial sphere with a painterly language of stellar silvers and penumbral grays.
—Zoë Hopkins, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
In the same spirit, quintessentially Dolce & Gabbana ruched body-con dresses were tempered in their seductiveness by Fang’s painterly motifs.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025
In the past decade and half, the key shift in her painterly language is the sinuous, expressive lines that appear within her images, often in the foreground.
—Emmanuel Iduma, ARTnews.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Simpson meets the daunting beauty of the celestial sphere with a painterly language of stellar silvers and penumbral grays.
—Zoë Hopkins, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Painterly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/painterly. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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