Meaning & use

artistically

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In a manner that shows creative skill, imagination, or an appreciation of beauty.

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The chef arranged the dessert artistically on the plate before serving it.

The film was artistically ambitious, even if it struggled to find an audience.

A note on using this word

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to 'artistic,' which itself traces back to the Greek 'techne,' meaning craft or skill.

Words with a similar meaning

creativelyskillfully

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Words with an opposite meaning

crudelyclumsily

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