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artistically

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English

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Etymology

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    From artistic + -ally.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪstɪkli/, /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪstɪkəli/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Adverb

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    artistically (comparative more artistically, superlative most artistically)

    1. In an artistic manner.
      • 1848, Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall:
        It was a view of Wildfell Hall, as seen at early morning from the field below, rising in dark relief against a sky of clear silvery blue, with a few red streaks on the horizon, faithfully drawn and coloured, and very elegantly and artistically handled.
    2. Regarding arts
      • 2022 November 1, Molly Young, “In a New Novel, Percival Everett Riffs Gleefully on 007”, in The New York Times[1]:
        There’s a moment when John Sill gazes at the “Mona Lisa,” which he has stolen from the Louvre. The painting, he villainsplains to Kitu, is artistically unimpressive but nevertheless “a work of genius. Marketing genius.”

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