artistly

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English

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Etymology

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From artist +‎ -ly.

Adjective

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artistly (comparative more artistly, superlative most artistly)

  1. (rare) Befitting an artist.
    • 2004, Garrison Keillor, Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America[1]:
      Artistly people and some writerlies and some law students slumming.

Adverb

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artistly (comparative more artistly, superlative most artistly)

  1. In an artistic fashion.
    • 1966, Charles Armitage Brown, Jack Stillinger, Letters, Harvard University Press, 1966[2]:
      There's Kirkup cocks his eye at her, not wickedly, but artistly, and declares she has the most beautiful eyes, forehead, nose, mouth, chin, cheeks, neck and all that, and such a figure, such a shape!

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