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artistly

artistly adjective: befitting an artist.

Adjective

artistly (comparative more artistly, superlative most artistly)

  1. (rare) Befitting an artist.
    • Artistly people and some writerlies and some law students slumming.2004, Garrison Keillor, Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America

Adverb

artistly (comparative more artistly, superlative most artistly)

  1. In an artistic fashion.
    • There's Kirkup cocks his eye at her, not wickedly, but artistly, and declares she has the most beautiful eyes, forehead, nose, mouth, chin, cheeks, neck and all that, and such a figure, such a shape!1966, Charles Armitage Brown, Jack Stillinger, Letters, Harvard University Press, 1966

Forms of artistly

Adjective
comparativemore artistly
superlativemost artistly
Adverb
comparativemore artistly
superlativemost artistly

Origin of artistly

From artist + -ly.

Questions about artistly

What does artistly mean?
Artistly means befitting an artist.
What part of speech is artistly?
Artistly can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near artistly in the dictionary

  1. artistical
  2. artistically
  3. artisticness
  4. artistics
  5. artistlike
  6. artistly
  7. artistries
  8. artistry
  9. artists
  10. artists' impressions
  11. artists' proofs

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