Artistic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  artistic
       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}, {pleasing}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "artistic":
     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