adj
Meaning 1
Characteristic of a painter or paintings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
painterly
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CMU ARPABET: P EY1 N T ER0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Having clear brush-strokes.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
having qualities unique to the art of painting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
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.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: pentra — characteristic of a painter or paintings