artistic

[ ahr-tis-tik ]

/ ɑrˈtɪs tɪk /

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adjective

conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.

showing skill or excellence in execution: artistic workmanship.

exhibiting taste, discriminating judgment, or sensitivity: an artistic arrangement of flowers; artistic handling of a delicate diplomatic situation.

exhibiting an involvement in or appreciation of art, especially the fine arts:He had wide-ranging artistic interests.

involving only aesthetic considerations, usually taken as excluding moral, practical, religious, political, or similar concerns: artistic principles.

of art or artists: artistic works.

of, like, or thought of as characteristic of an artist: an artistic temperament.

Also ar·tis·ti·cal.

Origin of artistic

First recorded in 1745–55; artist + -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM artistic

ar·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverb in·ter·ar·tis·tic, adjective non·ar·tis·tic, adjective non·ar·tis·ti·cal, adjective

non·ar·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverb pre·ar·tis·tic, adjective pseu·do·ar·tis·tic, adjective pseu·do·ar·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverb qua·si-ar·tis·tic, adjective qua·si-ar·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverb un·ar·tis·tic, adjective un·ar·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH artistic

artistic autistic

Words nearby artistic

artiodactyl, artisan, artisanal, artist, artiste, artistic, artistic director, artistry, artless, artmobile, artois

Example sentences from the Web for artistically

There was a lot of effort and lifting, but artistically speaking, it just fell out of me.

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Why not just create something utterly silly, artistically a bit pointless, but ultimately just fun to watch?

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When you have a cause, the best way to express yourself is artistically,” he says, against “the scissor of the oppressor.

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This era, artistically speaking, harped on Greco-Roman mythology, with masculinity steeped in classical heroism.

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Did you feel like when you were acting as the first lady of France, it stifled you artistically?

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Artistically she played and the loud applause that greeted her would have made envious our own Fanny Bloomfield Zeisler.

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It was artistically arranged by Mrs. Jennie H. Moore, the flowers being all scientifically labeled and properly classified.

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It never makes up, artistically, for an artist's dim feeling about a thing that he shall "do" the thing as ill as possible.

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They remain historically, rather than artistically, interesting.

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In front of them is an immense glass case in which is deposited their crown jewels, artistically executed.

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British Dictionary definitions for artistically

artistic

/ (ɑːˈtɪstɪk) /

adjective

of or characteristic of art or artists

performed, made, or arranged decoratively and tastefully; aesthetically pleasing

appreciative of and sensitive to beauty in art

naturally gifted with creative skill

Derived forms of artistic

artistically, adverb

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