textural

American  

[teks-cher-uhl] / ˈtɛks tʃər əl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the texture of a thing, such as of a substance, fabric, painting, etc.; of or relating to the tactile qualities of a surface.

2. (of a musical or literary work) having or showing interconnections, variations in style or technique, etc., that lend texture to the work.

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textural

All are multi-instrumentalists, and their textural range is expanded further by heavy use of sampling, while the band’s genre-fluid tendencies may owe something to its origins in Bristol.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

The ideal coffee cake lives in a narrow textural corridor.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2026

“Sea anemone is very textural, and requires a lot of preparation,” Hudda explains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025

Mr Green said: "When you come inside the the garden, the planting is going to be much more textural and muted, with blue flowers to reflect the blue uniforms that the pensioners wear every day."

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2025

There is no textural change, the skin in other respects being normal.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman