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cartoonistic

cartoonistic adjective: having qualities of, or resembling a cartoon.

Adjective

cartoonistic (comparative more cartoonistic, superlative most cartoonistic)

  1. Having qualities of, or resembling a cartoon.
    • It depicted Nast bowing with cartoonistic exaggeration before the American minister to Chile.1927, Henry Lane Wilson, Diplomatic episodes in Mexico, Belgium, and Chile, Kennikat Press
    • His face was a construction of overlapping planes, almost cartoonistic, an illusion that was furthered by the black patch over his left eye socket.2015, Ellery Queen, What's in the Dark?

Forms of cartoonistic

comparativemore cartoonistic
superlativemost cartoonistic

Origin of cartoonistic

From cartoon + -istic.

Questions about cartoonistic

What does cartoonistic mean?
Cartoonistic means having qualities of, or resembling a cartoon.
What part of speech is cartoonistic?
Cartoonistic is an adjective.

Words near cartoonistic in the dictionary

  1. cartoonings
  2. cartoonish
  3. cartoonishly
  4. cartoonishness
  5. cartoonist
  6. cartoonistic
  7. cartoonists
  8. cartoonization
  9. cartoonize
  10. cartoonized
  11. cartoonizes

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