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Definition of Picturesquely
1. Adverb. In a picturesque manner. "In the building trade such a trader is picturesquely described as a `brass plate' merchant"
Definition of Picturesquely
1. Adverb. In a picturesque manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Picturesquely
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Picturesquely
Literary usage of Picturesquely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Switzerland, and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1887)
"... same charges), a straggling town, lying picturesquely at the base and on the
slopes of the Little Mythe (5954') with its two peaks, and the Great Mythe ..."
2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"... is picturesquely situated, and is a prosperous agricultural centre, with
extensive lands irrigated from wells, and a good Government school. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... Tirreni is a city picturesquely situated in the province of Salerno, in Southern
Italy. It was built by the inhabitants of Marina, after the destruction ..."
4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1907)
"... that is left of that once prosperous Religious House, before that little
vanishes away for ever. picturesquely lying on a gentle bend formed by the ..."
5. Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself: Containing His Literary and by Jean François Marmontel (1807)
"... with black flowing hair, picturesquely scattered, a frightful mask, but not
deformed, nor like a snout." There was pi-eat difficulty in finding all this ..."
6. Egypt: Three Essays on the History, Religion and Art of Ancient Egypt by Martin Brimmer (1891)
"As Charles Blanc picturesquely says, " Symbolism was for Egyptian art what the
aromatic essences were for the embalmed bodies. It mummified that art, ..."
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