stylistic

American  

[stahy-lis-tik] / staɪˈlɪs tɪk /

Sometimes stylistical

adjective

1. of or relating to style.

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stylistic British  

/ staɪˈlɪstɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to style, esp artistic or literary style

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Other Word Forms

• stylistically adverb

Etymology

Origin of stylistic

First recorded in 1855–60; style + -istic

Example Sentences

Wales Bonner, whose work draws on her father's Afro-Caribbean roots in Jamaica and British tailoring, represents a generational and stylistic shift for the classic French house.

From Barron's

His stylistic malleability, undoubtedly a professional asset, led to inconsistency.

From The Wall Street Journal

Such stylistic zigzags, always present in the rapper’s work but even more prominent here, define “Don’t Be Dumb.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Her successor, London designer Grace Wales Bonner, who is of English and Jamaican heritage, represents a generational and stylistic shift for the classic family-run French house.

From Barron's

After a brief experimentation two years later with a wild palette of color in “Almanac of Fall,” he returned to his discoveries in “Macbeth,” a stylistic transformation that would define the rest of his career.

From Los Angeles Times