Meanings
comparative more artistically · superlative most artistically
- In an artistic manner.
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.
1848, Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Regarding arts.
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.”
2022 November 1, Molly Young, “In a New Novel, Percival Everett Riffs Gleefully on 007”, in The New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
- Proto-Italic*artis
- Latinars
- Late Latinartista
- Frenchartiste
- Frenchartistique
- Englishartistic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishartistically
From artistic + -ally.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan artísticament
- artísticamentIn an artistic manner
Finnish taiteellisesti
- taiteellisestiIn an artistic manner
French artistiquement, artistement
- artistiquementIn an artistic manner
- artistementIn an artistic manner
German künstlerisch
- künstlerischIn an artistic manner
Italian artisticamente
- artisticamenteIn an artistic manner
Polish artystycznie
- artystycznieIn an artistic manner
Portuguese artisticamente
- artisticamenteIn an artistic manner
Spanish artísticamente
- artísticamenteIn an artistic manner
Cite this entry
artistically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artistically
“artistically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artistically. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “artistically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artistically.
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