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stylistic Definition

sty·lis·tic (stī listik)

adjective

of or having to do with style, esp. literary style
also stylistical sty·lis′·ti·cal

Etymology: < style, modeled on Ger stilistisch

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stylistic Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • tic: He writes clearly enough to be able to abandon this stylistic tic.
  • flourish: Evans does write plainly and clearly, and avoids metaphors, wit or stylistic flourishes with fair assiduity.
  • similarity: While there are many stylistic similarities from country to country not all followed the same pattern of, say, the UK or USA.
  • trait: Although they share various stylistic traits, each cross is unique.
  • convention: Any changes of style with respect to these twofold stylistic conventions are likely to change the epistemological claims.
  • variation: Is A just a stylistic variation of B or are there inputs for which the two could give different results?

Modifying Another Word

  • purely: The calls had been selected by the artist from purely stylistic criteria as the most beautiful ones.
  • merely: Repetition within a story may not indicate different sources but may be merely stylistic.
  • mainly: The elements of the film that most immediately stunned me were mainly stylistic.
  • very: It was very stylistic by the late 19th century when almost every society conformed to the same basic patterns.
  • also: There are also stylistic elements that have been used repeatedly: jumps forward in time with no cues.

Browse dictionary entries near stylistic

  1. stylist
  2. stylishness
  3. stylishly
  4. stylish
  5. styling
  6. styliform
  7. styli
  8. stylet
  9. styler
  10. styleless
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  4. stylite
  5. stylitic
  6. stylitism
  7. stylization
  8. stylize
  9. stylized
  10. stylizer