Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Befitting an artist. Executed in the manner of an artist; conformable to the rules of art.
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Examples
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"I started cutting random shapes and we realized, 'Oh, that's a fish,'" Ysanne said of the brightly-colored mosaic, which also features a few buildings and a few artist-like figures.
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No leaking upon dancing or laughing, much stronger orgasms, orgasms - period, female ejaculation, exotic artist-like abilities during sex and a pelvic floor that can hold up your insides through thick and thin.
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"An artist-like mind" is best formed by studying the works of great artists.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 Various
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Lord Alfred Douglas' boldness gave Oscar outrecuidance, an insolent arrogance: artist-like he tried to outdo his model in aristocratic disdain.
Oscar Wilde Harris, Frank 1916
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I will not say that he was never happy till he had told his tale, and I will not say that artist-like he loved applause: but he did not wish to be hidden, and he earnestly desired to be approved.
Father Payne Benson, Arthur C. 1915
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Lord Alfred Douglas 'boldness gave Oscar "outre-cuidance", an insolent arrogance: artist-like he tried to outdo his model in aristocratic disdain.
Oscar Wilde His Life and Confessions Harris, Frank 1910
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His grandfather, just dead, had left him a legacy, and he had come to Paris, artist-like, to spend it.
The Autobiography of a Journalist Stillman, William James, 1828-1901 1901
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He was no mean hand; his slices of ham were very artist-like, and frying away in the most unexceptionable manner.
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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According to Mr Arnold's own conception of poetry-making, as depending upon the subject and upon the just and artist-like exposition of that subject, no age should be too late.
Matthew Arnold George Saintsbury 1889
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This Concerto [the E minor] has been made known to the amateurs of music in England by the artist-like performance of
Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888
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