picture-postcardish
picture-postcardish adjective: picturesque and charming.
Adjective
picture-postcardish (comparative more picture-postcardish, superlative most picture-postcardish)
- Picturesque and charming.
- It's the first time I've ever attempted a mural and it's gone a bit picture-postcardish on me.1955, Dymphna Cusack, The Sun in Exile, A Novel, page 244
- Using more conventional means, and a limited charcoal and pastel palette, Grubola worries that the pretty scenes might be "too picture postcardish." Actually, a work of art can't have color that is too beautiful or lush.November 1985, Cincinnati Magazine, volume 19, number 2, page 180
Examples of picture-postcardish in a sentence
- The hedgerows were coated with icing sugar and the walk was rather picture-postcardish.2015, Maggie Robinson, All Through the Night, A Holiday Story:
- There's something a little picture-postcardish about the way the headlights shine on the front of the old farmhouse.2016, Kristin Elizabeth Clark, Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity:
Forms of picture-postcardish
| comparative | more picture-postcardish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most picture-postcardish |
Origin of picture-postcardish
From picture postcard + -ish.
Questions about picture-postcardish
- What does picture-postcardish mean?
- Picture-postcardish means picturesque and charming.
- How do you use picture-postcardish in a sentence?
- The hedgerows were coated with icing sugar and the walk was rather picture-postcardish.
- What part of speech is picture-postcardish?
- Picture-postcardish is an adjective.
Words near picture-postcardish in the dictionary
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