painterly

adjective

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adj

Etymology: Etymology tree 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.

Characteristic of a painter or paintings.
“She always shows and never tells. For some poets, such a concentration on the concrete may imply a loosening of language and of perception, or an immersion into raw emotion. Instead, Becker clothes the everyday in a spare, painterly clarity of perception.”
Having clear brush-strokes.