Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
picturesque
IPA transcription: [p'ɪktʃɚəsk]
Pronunciations of picturesque
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adverb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
picturesque
Meaning:
suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture; "a picturesque village"
Synonyms:
picturesque
Meaning:
strikingly expressive; "a picturesque description of the rainforest"
Usage examples
The country he saw was wild but not picturesque.
A most picturesque place," answered Colonel McClure.
"Ah, it's not picturesque, not aesthetically attractive!
Like the cry of an itinerant vendor in a quiet and picturesque town
The description of the tempest that follows is exceedingly vivid and picturesque.
It involved a drive of about fifty miles northwest, through a picturesque section of the country.
It has the flowing, vivid, picturesque, literary style and the point of view of the prophetic teacher.
I enjoyed its art, its fascinating shops, its picturesque streets and people, and its beautiful women.
During the morning the raft passed by the picturesque group of islands situated in the vast estuary of the Javary.
Those strange garments had looked so refreshingly picturesque, and I had conceived such an intense longing to wear them!
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