artier; artiest
: showily or pretentiously artistic
arty lighting and photography
artillery
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Adjective
some arty intellectual type who doesn't know the meaning of hard work
a rock band with arty pretensions
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At the same time, there’s a harplike, Vangelis-adjacent melody and some cybernetic singing from arty chanteuse Zola Jesus.
—Reed Jackson, SPIN, 8 May 2026
Jules eventually shows up, arty and mature.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
Ed Bahlman produced arty bands like the Bush Tetras and Liquid Liquid.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
On the artier side there are international art house darlings Ousmane Sembene, Lee Chang-Dong, and Catherine Breillat, all of whom, along with Alex Garland, are better known for their movies at this point than their books.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 15 May 2026
At the same time, there’s a harplike, Vangelis-adjacent melody and some cybernetic singing from arty chanteuse Zola Jesus.
—Reed Jackson, SPIN, 8 May 2026
Jules eventually shows up, arty and mature.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
Ed Bahlman produced arty bands like the Bush Tetras and Liquid Liquid.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Arty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arty. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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