stylistic

[ stahy-lis-tik ]

/ staɪˈlɪs tɪk /

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adjective

of or relating to style.

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Sometimes sty·lis·ti·cal .

Origin of stylistic

First recorded in 1855–60; style + -istic

OTHER WORDS FROM stylistic

sty·lis·ti·cal·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH stylistic

stylish, stylistic

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How to use stylistic in a sentence

The quartet of quarterbacks contained within the NFL’s conference championship games this Sunday presents a generational contrast and stylistic clash.
The NFL’s conference title games will feature an endangered species: The pocket passer|Adam Kilgore|January 21, 2021|Washington Post
Philadelphia reversed course and broke up its massive front line, giving Brooklyn a cleaner stylistic matchup.
Remember Kevin Durant? The best player in the East is back for the Brooklyn Nets|Ben Golliver|November 30, 2020|Washington Post
Like many of the other touches, the key is offering up a kind of stylistic consistency, both throughout Big Sur and across the Apple ecosystem.
macOS Big Sur is now available|Brian Heater|November 12, 2020|TechCrunch
There is no difference, functionally or stylistically, between the two campaigns.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really.|Ana Marie Cox|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Hair and makeup have evolved stylistically along with the clothes we wear.
100 Years of Beauty Styles in 1 Minute|Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Substantively, as opposed to stylistically, there was no New Left.
The Revolt Against the Masses and the Roots of Modern Liberalism|Fred Siegel|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We are either resisting him—stylistically, politically, or culturally—or we are writing toward him.
Our Living Ancestor: Chris Abani Remembers Chinua Achebe|Chris Abani|March 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Stylistically, Romney came across as significantly softer than Obama.
Mitt Romney’s Soft Sell|Michelle Cottle|October 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But through Strawinsky, there has come to be a music stylistically well-nigh the reverse of that of the impressionists.
Musical Portraits|Paul Rosenfeld
Stylistically, these great church mosaics belonged to antique art.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
These Canzoni a Ballo, though they lack the supreme beauty of Poliziano's style, are stylistically graceful.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds
Much early hardware remains at Huntley, some of which fits stylistically into the period of construction.
Huntley|Tony P. Wrenn
The writer's general endeavor will be to follow stylistically the rapid movement of events.
The Technique of Fiction Writing|Robert Saunders Dowst

British Dictionary definitions for stylistic

stylistic

/ (staɪˈlɪstɪk) /

adjective

of or relating to style, esp artistic or literary style

Derived forms of stylistic

stylistically, adverb

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