stylistic
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adjective
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Origin of stylistic
Vocabulary lists containing stylistic
Reading: Literature - Middle School
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Reading: Literature - High School
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Anyone who reads “Fairview” will understand the challenge of producing it, but I don’t think I fully appreciated how much stylistic nuance is in play.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Unlike Douglas Sirk’s beautifully photographed Technicolor melodramas of the 1950s, or the subgenre’s more narratively contemplative, weepy entries from the late ’70s, the new guard of romantic tearjerkers doesn’t have a pronounced stylistic draw.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
"Materials analysis, stylistic and thematic similarities, alterations made by Rembrandt, and the overall quality of the painting all support the conclusion that this painting is a genuine work," the gallery said.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
For much of it the spectacle was the substance: the crudeness, the nocturnal tweeting, the sheer stylistic novelty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
Their respective genealogies also created temperamental and stylistic contrasts.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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