esthetical
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- esthetically adverb
- nonesthetical adjective
- nonesthetically adverb
Example Sentences
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They may very likely enjoy it, for they will see nothing dainty or esthetical in Fancy Free, the surprise hit of Manhattan's booming ballet season.
From Time Magazine Archive
And the most striking of them is that at bottom he is seldom able to put himself in a purely esthetical mood.
From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)
A kind of regular esthetical club was thus formed, where the Prince presided, and every one contributed as he best could.
From The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)
What is our conclusion then? plainly that the dolorous overthrow of the fairy divan is no better than an invention—the device of an esthetical artist.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various
That he could leave nothing out was, it may be said, his strongest esthetical defect, for it is by esthetical judgment that we choose and bring together those elements as we conceive it.
From Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets by Hartley, Marsden
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