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designerly

designerly adjective: characteristic of a designer.

Adjective

designerly (comparative more designerly, superlative most designerly)

  1. Characteristic of a designer.
    • By choosing an anonymous lampshade as his starting point rather than something designerly, Laarman has created the design equivalent of Miuccia Prada’s Crombie-style coat.2007 August 26, Alice Rawsthorn, “The Brightest Bulb”, in New York Times

Forms of designerly

comparativemore designerly
superlativemost designerly

Origin of designerly

From designer + -ly.

Questions about designerly

What does designerly mean?
Designerly means characteristic of a designer.
What part of speech is designerly?
Designerly is an adjective.

Words near designerly in the dictionary

  1. designer label
  2. designer labels
  3. designer stubble
  4. designerati
  5. designerless
  6. designerly
  7. designers
  8. designership
  9. designerwear
  10. designes
  11. designest

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