Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

painterly

/pˈeɪntɚli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English

Syllables
painter-ly
IPA
/pˈeɪntɚli/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of a painter or paintings.

adj

Having clear brush-strokes.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French peintorbor. Middle English peyntour English painter Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English painterly From painter + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more painterly (comparative) most painterly (superlative)

Derived Forms

painterliness postpainterly unpainterly

Antonyms

linear plastic

Questions

How do you pronounce painterly?
The recorded pronunciation is /pˈeɪntɚli/.
What does painterly mean?
Characteristic of a painter or paintings.
Where does painterly come from?
Etymology tree Old French peintorbor. Middle English peyntour English painter Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English painterly From painter + -ly.

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