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ar⋅tis⋅tic

[ahr-tis-tik]
–adjective
1. conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.
2. showing skill or excellence in execution: artistic workmanship.
3. exhibiting taste, discriminating judgment, or sensitivity: an artistic arrangement of flowers; artistic handling of a delicate diplomatic situation.
4. exhibiting an involvement in or appreciation of art, esp. the fine arts: He had wide-ranging artistic interests.
5. involving only aesthetic considerations, usually taken as excluding moral, practical, religious, political, or similar concerns: artistic principles.
6. of art or artists: artistic works.
7. of, like, or thought of as characteristic of an artist: an artistic temperament.
Also, ar⋅tis⋅ti⋅cal.


Origin:
1745–55; artist + -ic


ar⋅tis⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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ar·tis·tic   (är-tĭs'tĭk)   
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to art or artists: the artistic community.

  2. Sensitive to or appreciative of art or beauty: an artistic temperament.

  3. Showing imagination and skill: an artistic design.

ar·tis'ti·cal·ly adv.
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