Stylistic meaning

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Of or having to do with style, esp. literary style.
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The definition of stylistic is something related to the form, art or method of something.

When you make a decision to write a novel using an information method of writing rather than a formal one, this is an example of a stylistic decision.

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Of or relating to style, especially literary style.
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Of or pertaining to style, especially to linguistic or literary style.
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Stylistic Sentence Examples

  • Such accommodation, though sometimes purely literary or stylistic, generally has the definite purpose of instruction, and is frequently used both in the New Testament and in pulpit utterances in all periods as a means of producing a reasonably accurate impression of a complicated idea in the minds of those who are for various reasons unlikely to comprehend it otherwise.

  • Both films show considerable artistry, thought there are stylistic differences.

  • On the other hand, another stylistic device, shaky handheld camerawork, doesn't add anything to the scenes in which it is used.

  • But this stylistic eclecticism is not random or pointlessly showy.

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