Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- According to the rules of art: as, “not artlike writ,”
- Having the appearance of art.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling or characteristic of
art .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
art + -like
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Examples
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It is making the mannequin to put the artlike clothing on.
Fashion World of SL 2008
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But, in Mr. Thomson's view, the lasting consequences have not all been good: "Alfred Hitchcock had yearned to make movies important, respectable and artlike.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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But, in Mr. Thomson's view, the lasting consequences have not all been good: "Alfred Hitchcock had yearned to make movies important, respectable and artlike.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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