arty (redirected from artily)

art·y  (ärt)

adj. art·i·er, art·i·est Informal

1. Of or relating to artists or the fine arts.

2. Showily or affectedly artistic.

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arti·ly adv.

arti·ness n.

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arty [ˈɑːtɪ]

adj artier, artiest

Informal having an ostentatious or affected interest in or desire to imitate artists or artistic standards

artiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

arty - showily imitative of art or artists pretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"

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arty (Informal)

adjective artistic, arty-farty (informal), arty-crafty (informal) an arty French film

Translations

arty [ˈɑːtɪ] ADJ [style] → con pretensiones artísticas, seudoartístico; [clothing] → afectado, extravagante; [person] → de gusto muy afectado, que se las da de muy artista
she looks arty; she is arty-looking → tiene pinta de cultureta

arty [ˈɑː^rti] adj (= artsy) [person] → qui se donne le genre artiste; [film, photograph] → de style artiste prétentieux
Didn't you find her a little bit too arty? → Tu n'as pas trouvé qu'elle se donne un peu trop le genre artiste?
an arty French film → un film français de style artiste prétentieux

arty

adj (+er) (inf) → Künstler-; type also, tie, clothes → verrückt (inf); person → auf Künstler machend (pej); decoration, style → auf Kunst gemacht (inf); film, novel → geschmäcklerisch; he was more of an arty type than his brother → er war mehr ein Künstlertyp als sein Bruder; she’s in publishing/the theatre — oh yes, I knew it was something arty → sie arbeitet im Verlag/Theater — ach ja, ich wusste doch, dass es etwas Künstlerisches war

arty [ˈɑːtɪ] adj arty types → pseudo artisti mpl