artistic

[ahr-tis-tik]

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adjective

conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.

showing skill or excellence in execution: artistic workmanship.

exhibiting taste, discriminating judgment, or sensitivity: an artistic arrangement of flowers; artistic handling of a delicate diplomatic situation.

exhibiting an involvement in or appreciation of art, especially the fine arts:He had wide-ranging artistic interests.

involving only aesthetic considerations, usually taken as excluding moral, practical, religious, political, or similar concerns: artistic principles.

of art or artists: artistic works.

of, like, or thought of as characteristic of an artist: an artistic temperament.

Also ar·tis·ti·cal.

Origin of artistic

First recorded in 1745–55; artist + -ic

Related formsar·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverbin·ter·ar·tis·tic, adjectivenon·ar·tis·tic, adjectivenon·ar·tis·ti·cal, adjectivenon·ar·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverbpre·ar·tis·tic, adjectivepseu·do·ar·tis·tic, adjectivepseu·do·ar·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverbqua·si-ar·tis·tic, adjectivequa·si-ar·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverbun·ar·tis·tic, adjectiveun·ar·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Can be confusedartistic autistic

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Related Words for artistic

decorative, imaginative, creative, dramatic, aesthetic, musical, inventive, cultured, elegant, exquisite, fine, graceful, grand, harmonious, ideal, ornamental, picturesque, pleasing, poetic, refined

Examples from the Web for artistic

Contemporary Examples of artistic

By giving an artistic veto to a madman, we submit to the mindset of a slave.
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December 19, 2014
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Hitchcock had met or known about everyone of artistic consequence over the last 60 years.
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December 13, 2014
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Three-dimensional shots attempt to capture the majesty of his triumphs from the artistic world to the scientific.
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Historical Examples of artistic

There is no gradation in his giving, and none in his fall; no artistic crescendo.
The Man Shakespeare
Frank Harris
It is, if I can fully attain to it, the ultimate realisation of the artistic life.
De Profundis
Oscar Wilde
Humility, like the artistic, acceptance of all experiences, is merely a mode of manifestation.
De Profundis
Oscar Wilde
But the sympathy of the artistic temperament is necessarily with what has found expression.
De Profundis
Oscar Wilde
She will agree that I know when colors are right and a thing is artistic.
Her Father's Daughter
Gene Stratton-Porter

British Dictionary definitions for artistic

artistic

adjective

of or characteristic of art or artists

performed, made, or arranged decoratively and tastefully; aesthetically pleasing

appreciative of and sensitive to beauty in art

naturally gifted with creative skill

Derived Formsartistically, adverb

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Word Origin and History for artistic

adj.

1753, from French artistique, from artiste (see artist). Native artist-like was recorded from 1711; artistly from 1754; artistical from 1801. Related: Artistically.