ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Picturesquely

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˌpɪktjʊəˈɹɛskli/ · Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Picturesquely is an adverb meaning In a picturesque manner.

Meaning

In a picturesque manner.

Example Sentences

Georgian and Regency houses cluster picturesquely around the sloping village green, which in springtime is carpeted with daffodils.
The red-painted farm-houses, peculiar to Norway, lay picturesquely scattered on the higher points of the undulating valley, where men and women were busy hay-making.
An athlete might picturesquely lament that his ankle had betrayed him or that his wrist had gone on strike; and if such modes of speech acquired a wide vogue, we might now and then fall into the trap of supposing that we and our limbs are related in the way in which employers are related to their employees. We might start to talk seriously of cricketers being well advised to dismiss their limbs and to try to get on without them.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scenically, unpicturesquely, sculpturesquely, pictorially, poetically, prettily.

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