Main Entry: paint·er·ly

Pronunciation: \ˈpān-tər-lē\

Function: adjective

Date: circa 1586

1 : of, relating to, or typical of a painter : artistic <painterly attention to detail>
2 : suggestive or characteristic of a painting or of the art of painting <painterly photography>; especially : marked by an openness of form which is not linear and in which sharp outlines are lacking <painterly brushwork> <a painterly landscape>

— paint·er·li·ness noun