artistically

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/ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪstɪkli//ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪstɪkəli/

adverb

In an artistic manner.

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

adverbartistically (comparative more artistically, superlative most artistically)

comparative more artistically · superlative most artistically

  1. 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
  2. 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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
  3. Proto-Italic*artis
  4. Latinars
  5. Late Latinartista
  6. Frenchartiste
  7. Frenchartistique
  8. Englishartistic
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  12. Proto-Germanic*līką
  13. Englishartistically

From artistic + -ally.

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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
APA

artistically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artistically

MLA

“artistically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artistically. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “artistically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artistically.

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