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"Painterly" Definition

adjective

Having qualities unique to the art of painting.
Of, relating to, or being a style of painting marked by openness of form, with shapes distinguished by variations of color rather than by outline or contour.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter; artistic.
Of, relating to, or typical of a .
Suggestive or characteristic of a or of the art of painting .