Definition of Stylistic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to style (especially in the use of language). "Stylistic devices"

Similar to: Rhetorical
Derivative terms: Style, Style, Style

Definition of Stylistic

1. a. Of or pertaining to style in language.

Definition of Stylistic

1. Adjective. of or pertaining to style, especially to linguistic or literary style ¹

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Definition of Stylistic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stylistic

stylings
stylion
stylisation
stylise
stylised
styliser
stylisers
stylises
stylish
stylishly
stylishness
stylishnesses
stylising
stylism
stylist
stylistic (current term)
stylistically
stylistics
stylists
stylite
stylites
stylitic
stylitism
stylitisms
stylization
stylizations
stylize
stylized
stylizer
stylizers

Literary usage of Stylistic

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

1. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"... distinguished academical writer to whose correction he submitted them refused to spoil their ingenuous grace by alterations or stylistic improvements. ..."

2. Repetition of Thought in Plautus by Daniel Higgins Fenton (1920)
"stylistic VARIATIONS IN USE A. EMPLOYMENT OF THE CLASSES DISCUSSED IN II THE first part of this paper dealt with the characteristics of the five groups into ..."

3. The Origin and Growth of Plato's Logic: With an Account of Plato's Style and by Wincenty Lutosławski (1897)
"It is the following LAW OP stylistic AFFINITY. ... A sufficient number to determine the stylistic of com- character must be a greater number than has been ..."

4. Le Lai De L'Oiselet: An Old French Poem of the Thirteenth Century : Edition by Lenora D. Wolfgang (1990)
"E. GENERIC AND stylistic OBSERVATIONS The Lai de l'Oiselet appeared in medieval manuscript collections that also included fabliaux, contes, and dits, ..."

5. Modern Art: Being a Contribution to a New System of æsthetics by Julius Meier-Graefe (1908)
"... THE stylistic MOVEMENT ON THE CONTINENT FRANCE ON the Continent vain attempts are being made to discover the plan on which England built her new house. ..."

6. Modern Art: Being a Contribution to a New System of æsthetics by Julius Meier-Graefe (1908)
"... THE stylistic MOVEMENT ON THE CONTINENT FRANCE ON the Continent vain attempts are ... stylistic ..."

7. Uncle and Nephew in the Old French Chansons de Geste: A Study in the by William Oliver Farnsworth (1913)
"... CHAPTER III stylistic TREATMENT IN THE POEMS Although it is not always easy to draw the line of demarcation between those features of the French epic ..."

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