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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Artistic \Ar*tis"tic\, Artistical \Ar*tis"tic*al\, adjective [Cf. F. artistique, fr. artiste.] Of or pertaining to art or to artists; made in the manner of an artist; conformable to art; characterized by art; showing taste or skill. -- {Ar*tis"tic*al*ly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
artistic
adjective
1: relating to or characteristic of art or artists; "his artistic background"
2: satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities; "artistic workmanship"
3: aesthetically pleasing; "an artistic flower arrangement" [syn: {aesthetic}, {esthetic}, {pleasing}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "artistic": Attic, Daedalian, adept, adroit, aesthetic, apt, art-conscious, arty, authoritative, beautiful, bravura, brilliant, chaste, choice, classic, clean, clever, coordinated, crack, crackerjack, cunning, cute, daedal, deft, dexterous, dextrous, diplomatic, excellent, expert, fancy, good, goodish, graceful, handy, in good taste, ingenious, magisterial, masterful, masterly, neat, no mean, of choice, of consummate art, of quality, ornamental, painterly, pleasing, politic, professional, proficient, pure, quick, quiet, quite some, ready, resourceful, restrained, simple, skillful, slick, some, statesmanlike, stylish, subdued, tactful, tasteful, the compleat, the complete, unaffected, understated, unobtrusive, virtuoso, well-chosen, well-done, workmanlike
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