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painterliness

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paint·er·ly   (pān'tər-lē)   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter; artistic.

    1. Having qualities unique to the art of painting.

    2. Of, relating to, or being a style of painting marked by openness of form, with shapes distinguished by variations of color rather than by outline or contour.

paint'er·li·ness n.
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