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picturesquely

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pic·tur·esque  (pkch-rsk)
adj.
1. Of, suggesting, or suitable for a picture: picturesque rocky shores.
2. Striking or interesting in an unusual way; irregularly or quaintly attractive: a picturesque French café.
3. Strikingly expressive or vivid: picturesque language.
[Alteration of French pittoresque, from Italian pittoresco, from pittore, painter, from Latin pictor; see Pictor.]
pictur·esquely adv.
pictur·esqueness n.
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Adv.1.picturesquely - in a picturesque manner; "in the building trade such a trader is picturesquely described as a `brass plate' merchant"
Translations
picturesquely [ˌpɪktʃəˈresklɪ] ADV → de modo pintoresco
picturesquely
adv → malerisch, pittoresk (geh); (fig) describe → anschaulich, bildhaft; a place picturesquely known as Devil’s Dyke → ein Ort mit dem malerischen Namen Devils Dyke
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