Literary - English meaning

adjective

Having or revealing natural creative skill.

Usage examples:

My lack of artistic ability

adjective

An artistic person has skill or ability in painting, dancing, singing, etc.

Usage examples:

It was her most artistically impressive performance to date.

adjective

Having or showing a composed or serious manner that is worthy of respect.

Usage examples:

She maintained a dignified silence

verb

Make (something) seem worthy and impressive.

Usage examples:

The americans had dignified their departure with a ceremony

adjective

Serious and graceful in manner or style in a way that deserves respect

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A quiet, dignified person

adjective

Relating to drama or the performance or study of drama.

Usage examples:

The dramatic arts

adjective

Relating to plays and acting

Usage examples:

He’s as good in comedies as he is in dramatic roles., in a dramatic rescue, 10 crewmen were lifted …

adjective

Involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning.

Usage examples:

Elaborate security precautions

verb

Develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in further detail.

Usage examples:

The theory was proposed by cope and elaborated by osborn

adjective

Containing a lot of connected parts or many complicated details

Usage examples:

An elaborate ceremony, an elaborate fireworks display, they had created elaborate computer programs…

adjective

Covered with flowers or having a floral design.

Usage examples:

A flowery meadow

adjective

Covered with pictures of flowers

Usage examples:

A flowery blouse

adjective

Done in accordance with convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting an official or important occasion.

Usage examples:

A formal dinner party

noun

An evening dress.

Usage examples:

Cocktail parties every night so the ladies can show off their formals

adjective

Elaborately or highly decorated.

Usage examples:

An ornate wrought-iron railing

adjective

Having a lot of decoration

Usage examples:

Ornate jewelry/buildings

adjective

Relating to or used in poetry.

Usage examples:

The muse is a poetic convention

adjective

Of or suggesting poets or poems

Usage examples:

Poetic language

verb

Produce (books, newspapers, etc.), especially in large quantities, by a mechanical process involving the transfer of text or designs to paper.

Usage examples:

A thousand copies of the book were printed

noun

The text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication, especially with reference to its size, form, or style.

Usage examples:

She forced herself to concentrate on the tiny print

noun

An indentation or mark made on a surface or soft substance.

Usage examples:

There were paw prints everywhere

adjective

(of a book, journal, piece of music, etc.) prepared and issued for public sale or readership.

Usage examples:

The collection includes the complete published works of benjamin britten

verb

Prepare and issue (a book, journal, piece of music, etc.) for public sale, distribution, or readership.

Usage examples:

We publish practical reference books

noun

A colour intermediate between red and blue.

Usage examples:

The painting was mostly in shades of blue and purple

adjective

Of a colour intermediate between red and blue.

Usage examples:

A faded purple t-shirt

verb

Make or become purple in colour.

Usage examples:

Edmund's cheeks purpled

adjective

Formal and dignified.

Usage examples:

A solemn procession

verb

Mark (letters, words, or other symbols) on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil, or similar implement.

Usage examples:

He wrote his name on the paper

Past participle of write