Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to artists or the fine arts.
- adjective Showily or affectedly artistic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective showily imitative of art or artists.
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- adjective
Pretending toartistic worth;high-flown .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective showily imitative of art or artists
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Examples
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So-called "arty" movies actually do bear re-watching.
Boing Boing Cory Doctorow 2011
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Their sound is perhaps best described as arty chamber rock, and like Department of Eagles many of their songs swell toward cathartic, unsettling conclusions.
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He's been rebranded and his books now have soft-focus, introspective, "arty" covers.
March 2009 Maxine 2009
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He's been rebranded and his books now have soft-focus, introspective, "arty" covers.
Leaving the World by Douglas Kennedy Maxine 2009
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He's been rebranded and his books now have soft-focus, introspective, "arty" covers.
Leaving the World by Douglas Kennedy Maxine 2009
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I tend to like a lot of games that are "arty", but I would be wary of games becoming legitimate because with legitimacy comes stagnation and boredom.
The Path For Art Games SVGL 2009
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Initially, Weston had been a leading exponent of pictorialism – a kind of arty, romanticised style of portraiture that took its cue from the Victorian painters like Whistler.
Edward Weston: the greatest American photographer of his generation? 2010
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She's an outspoken fan of Jeff Buckley and the kind of arty alt rockers he inspired.
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You think: Must be an "arty" novel, full of interior scenes.
Jesse Kornbluth: Holidays '09: Ten Books I'll Bet No One Else Will Suggest 2010
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You think: Must be an "arty" novel, full of interior scenes.
Holidays '09: Ten Books I'll Bet No One Else Will Suggest 2010
bilby commented on the word arty
Military slang for artillery.
July 30, 2022