Definition of Calligraphic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or expressed in calligraphy.

Exact synonyms: Calligraphical
Partainyms: Calligraphy, Calligraphy
Derivative terms: Calligraphy

Definition of Calligraphic

1. a. Of or pertaining to calligraphy.

Definition of Calligraphic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to calligraphy. ¹

2. Adjective. Written in an artistic style or manner, as calligraphy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Calligraphic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calligraphic

calli-
calliandra
callicarpa
callicarpas
callicarpenal
callid
callidities
callidity
calligraffiti
calligram
calligrams
calligraph
calligraphed
calligrapher
calligraphers
calligraphic (current term)
calligraphical
calligraphically
calligraphies
calligraphist
calligraphists
calligraphy
callimiconinae
callin'
calling
calling-card
calling-cards
calling cards
calling in

Literary usage of Calligraphic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Line & Form by Walter Crane (1900)
"... Boundaries by—Power of Characterization by—Formation of Letters—Methods of Drawing in Line—The Progressive Method—The calligraphic Method—The Tentative ..."

2. Anglo-French Reminiscences, 1875-1899 by Matilda Betham-Edwards (1900)
"CHAPTER XXIII KEIMS AND ITS ENGLISH CITIZENS An Anglo-French record—Bookless garrisons—Soldiers at work and at play—Contrasts—A calligraphic marvel— The ..."

3. Catalogue Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst Loan Collection by Phoebe Apperson Hearst, Arthur Upham Pope (1917)
"XXII from a Collection of Forty- eight Pages of calligraphic Art by Noted Persian Masters of Calligraphy ..."

4. On the Laws of Japanese Painting: An Introduction to the Study of the Art of by Henry P. Bowie (1911)
"... informed that his method of painting was calligraphic, he would explode with mirth. There are several ways to account for this rather wide-spread error. ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"How late, however, the more calligraphic round hand could be continued under favouring circumstances is seen in the Liber Vitse or list of benefactors of ..."

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