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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to or characteristic of art or artists; "his artistic background"
2: satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities; "artistic workmanship"
3: aesthetically pleasing; "an artistic flower arrangement" [syn: aesthetic, esthetic, artistic]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: circa 1753 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of art or artists <artistic subjects> <an artistic success> 2. showing imaginative skill in arrangement or execution <artistic photography> • artistically adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 having natural skill in art. 2 made or done with art. 3 of art or artists. Derivatives: artistically adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Artistic Ar*tis"tic, Artistical Ar*tis"tic*al, a. [Cf. F. artistique, fr. artiste.] Of or pertaining to art or to artists; made in the manner of an artist; conformable to art; characterized by art; showing taste or skill. -- Ar*tis"tic*al*ly, adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Someone who is artistic is good at drawing or painting, or arranging things in a beautiful way. They encourage boys to be sensitive and artistic... Mary's got it all so nice–you remember how artistic she always was with colors. ADJ 2. Artistic means relating to art or artists. ...the campaign for artistic freedom. ...their 1,300 year old artistic traditions. ADJ: usu ADJ n • artistically ...artistically gifted children... Artistically, the photographs are stunning. ADV: usu ADV adj/-ed, ADV with cl 3. An artistic design or arrangement is beautiful. ...an artistic arrangement of stone paving. ADJ • artistically ...artistically carved garden ornaments. ADV: ADV after v, ADV -ed

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a.; (also artistical) 1. Skilful, masterly, workman-like. 2. Tasteful, marked by knowledge of art, displaying taste, showing skill in applying the principles of beauty.

Moby Thesaurus

Attic, Daedalian, adept, adroit, aesthetic, apt, art-conscious, arty, authoritative, beautiful, bravura, brilliant, chaste, choice, classic, clean, clever, coordinated, crack, crackerjack, cunning, cute, daedal, deft, dexterous, dextrous, diplomatic, excellent, expert, fancy, good, goodish, graceful, handy, in good taste, ingenious, magisterial, masterful, masterly, neat, no mean, of choice, of consummate art, of quality, ornamental, painterly, pleasing, politic, professional, proficient, pure, quick, quiet, quite some, ready, resourceful, restrained, simple, skillful, slick, some, statesmanlike, stylish, subdued, tactful, tasteful, the compleat, the complete, unaffected, understated, unobtrusive, virtuoso, well-chosen, well-done, workmanlike