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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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

Though feelings of loneliness, fear and despair recur throughout “Inferno,” the record’s textural variety and steady rhythmic pulse make it approachable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

The ideal coffee cake lives in a narrow textural corridor.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2026

A recording of “before nature and after nature,” taken on its own musical and textural terms, does.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025

The long persistent states of malnutrition in chronic malarial cachexias produce textural weakening of the vascular walls and increased liability to their rupture.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various