picturesquely
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Alone, she patters around her isolated house, which is filled with homey touches and picturesquely parked near a river.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
No longer do Americans have to go to France to stand in a lavender field or picturesquely fill a straw basket with all-natural products.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2019
Visitors arrive at a plaza surrounded by three bamboo-clad structures with low-swept roofs stacked picturesquely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2017
But the story itself is repetitive, much like the Ferris wheel that lends the film its title, and which is featured, oh so picturesquely, every now and again, in the background.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2017
Rice and soy meal help when we can get them, to balance our amino acids and keep our muscle tissue from digesting itself in the process known picturesquely as kwashiorkor.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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