linework

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noun

The technique of drawing lines.

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Meanings

nounlinework (uncountable)
  1. uncountableartThe technique of drawing lines.

    Dalrymple’s linework, tremulous and twitchy, and Paul Hornschemeier’s muted colors don’t look much like any other superhero comics; there’s a sense of human frailty to their characters that inverts the muscles-and-action tradition.

    2009 March 1, Douglas Wolk, “The First Action Heroes”, in New York Times

Origin

From line + work.

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APA

linework. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linework

MLA

“linework.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linework. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “linework,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linework.

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