Usually means: Artistic style emphasizing brushwork, texture.
Definitions Related words Mentions History
We found 22 dictionaries that define the word painterly:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. painterly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. painterly: Merriam-Webster
  3. painterly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. painterly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. painterly: Collins English Dictionary
  6. painterly: Vocabulary.com
  7. Painterly, painterly: Wordnik
  8. painterly: Wiktionary
  9. painterly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. painterly: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Painterly, painterly: Dictionary.com
  12. Painterly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Painterly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. painterly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. painterly: Rhymezone
  16. Painterly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. painterly: FreeDictionary.org
  18. painterly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. painterly: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. painterly: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

(Note: See painterliness as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Characteristic of a painter or paintings.
▸ adjective:  (of a painting) Having clear brush-strokes.

Similar:
aesthetic, aesthetical, esthetic, esthetical, painterish, painterlike, paintery, paintlike, picturesome, artlike, more...

Opposite:
graphic, linear, precise, detailed, realistic

Types:
expressionistic, fauvist, cubist, impressionistic, surrealistic, realistic, abstract, more...

▸ Words similar to painterly

▸ Usage examples for painterly

▸ Idioms related to painterly

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular nouns described by painterly

▸ Words that often appear near painterly

▸ Rhymes of painterly

▸ Invented words related to painterly

Similar:
aesthetic, aesthetical, esthetic, esthetical, painterish, painterlike, paintery, paintlike, picturesome, artlike, more...

Opposite:
graphic, linear, precise, detailed, realistic

Types:
expressionistic, fauvist, cubist, impressionistic, surrealistic, realistic, abstract, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "painterly" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Easter egg acrostics