stylistic
stylistic
Definition
sty·lis·tic (stī lis′tik)
adjective
of or having to do with style, esp. literary style
also stylistical sty·lis′·ti·cal
Etymology: < style, modeled on Ger stilistisch
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
- stylist
- stylishness
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- styler
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- stylitic
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- stylization
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