Postcardy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Postcardy is an adjective meaning (informal) Tweely picturesque.
Meaning
(informal) Tweely picturesque.
More Meanings
- Suggestive of a postcard.
Example Sentences
Lots of these sites have postcardy country names: Bog Creek Farm, Reich Farm, Burnt Fly Bog.
By three next afternoon I was waiting under Coggeshall's clock tower. The postcardy little place still has a free car park.
If I saw a cool, postcardy subject, like the partially burned-out neon Chow Mein sign on Second Avenue and Twelfth Street, I'd make Herve or a visiting Ron or Jack pose under it.
“He protested vigorously,” Brower recalled, arguing that the photograph was “too postcardy.” According to Brower, Porter felt that “everyone knows [the sky]^([sic]) is blue, so we might as well take it for granted and omit it, concentrating instead upon its indirect effect.”
Synonyms for postcardy
Depending on context, synonyms include postcardish.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include postcardish, postcardlike, twee, picturesquish, picture-skew, chocolate-box.
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