Artistly

adj, adv

adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Befitting an artist. rare

    "Artistly people and some writerlies and some law students slumming."

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an artistic fashion.

    "There's Kirkup cocks his eye at her, not wickedly, but artistly, and declares she has the most beautiful eyes, forehead, nose, mouth, chin, cheeks, neck and all that, and such a figure, such a shape!"

Example

More examples

"Artistly people and some writerlies and some law students slumming."

Etymology

From artist + -ly.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.