Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the stage, stage scenery, or theatrical representation.
- adjective Constituting or affording pleasing views of natural features.
- noun A depiction of natural scenery.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the stage; dramatic; theatrical: as, the scenic poets; scenic games.
- Of or pertaining to the landscape or natural scenery; abounding in fine scenery or landscape views: as, the scenic attractions of a place; a scenic route of travel.
- Pertaining to pictorial design; of such nature as to tell a story or convey ideas through intelligible rendering of figures or other objects.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to scenery; of the nature of scenery; theatrical.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective having beautiful
scenery ;picturesque - noun a
depiction ofscenery
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective used of locations; having beautiful natural scenery
- adjective of or relating to the stage or stage scenery
Etymologies
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Examples
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My family has owned a place in "scenic" Fortescue for the last 50 years, and I spent many a summer stepping over those nasty things walking along the bay beach looking for arrowheads.
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My family has owned a place in "scenic" Fortescue for the last 50 years, and I spent many a summer stepping over those nasty things walking along the bay beach looking for arrowheads.
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Eros Entertainment The film is shot in scenic foreign locations including San Francisco and Las Vegas.
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Located in scenic Santa Maria de Guido, just minutes from modern shopping centers, Centro Historico, yet still with a small-town feel.
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Once upon a time, I was a camp counselor in scenic New Hampshire, where I taught swimming.
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It's funny, because so many spawning stripers come out of the Hudson River and migrate north and south, there is a good chance the striper you caught in scenic Montauk or South Jersey spent some serious time in the Big Apple.
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Located in scenic Santa Maria de Guido, just minutes from modern shopping centers, Centro Historico, yet still with a small-town feel.
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Located in scenic Santa Maria de Guido, just minutes from modern shopping centers, Centro Historico, yet still with a small-town feel.
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I was made for you, plays as such vehicles appear in scenic settings.
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Located in scenic Santa Maria de Guido, just minutes from modern shopping centers, Centro Historico, yet still with a small-town feel.
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