picturesquely
Americanadverb
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The other day, I noticed that a surprising number of women I know are following the Instagram account of a woman in the Scottish countryside whose horses picturesquely wander into her cottage’s rustic kitchen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
Scott Davis focuses on European and Mexican buildings, often in close-up, with baroque and Moorish details; he also captured the Glen Echo Park sign on a picturesquely rainy night.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 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
Everyone’s pain is picturesquely sentimental, the stuff of sighs, not screams.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2016
Bloomberg was now sitting under the piano, on an island of sunshine, rather picturesquely washing his face.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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