Meaning

2 senses
  1. Characteristic of a painter or paintings.

  2. Having clear brush-strokes.

More definitions
  • having qualities unique to the art of painting

Forms

more painterly, most painterly
Comparativemore painterly Lesson
Superlativemost painterly Lesson

regular

Antonyms

2 antonyms
having clear brush-strokes:linearC1plasticA2

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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