painterly

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painterly

adjective more painterly · most painterly

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.
of a painting Having clear brush-strokes.

Opposite: linear, plastic

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@misc{painterly_2026,
  title = {painterly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/painterly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}