pictorial

adjective

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pic·to·ri·al | \ pik-ˈtȯr-ē-əl

Definition of pictorial

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : of or relating to a painter, a painting, or the painting or drawing of pictures pictorial perspective

2a : of, relating to, or consisting of pictures pictorial records

b : illustrated by pictures pictorial weekly

c : consisting of or displaying the characteristics of pictographs

d : suggesting or conveying visual images pictorial poetry

pictorial

noun

Definition of pictorial (Entry 2 of 2)

: a periodical having much pictorial matter

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Synonyms: Adjective

Examples of pictorial in a Sentence

Adjective a pictorial record of the trip that photojournalist is planning to do a primarily pictorial report on the famine in Africa

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Jackson is honored by the U.S. Postal Service with a pictorial envelope cancellation. — Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 7 Oct. 2021 Delos McCauley, a retired engineer and missionary who served in Africa and Nepal, will present a pictorial program featuring birds from Jefferson County. — Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2021 But throughout, flowing rhythms connect these pictorial elements into an organic whole. — Arthur Wheelock, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2021 The triptych illustrates the fundamentals of the Christian story in a pictorial narrative that connects its separate parts. — Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2021 The film’s damp, autumnal middle-European vistas never feel emptily pictorial in their beauty. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 Aug. 2021 Betty Rivard of Charleston, West Virginia, recently purchased pictorial rugs woven by Ella Mae Begay, a member of the Navajo Nation who has been missing since early June. — The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Aug. 2021 Jackson’s writing, encyclopedic in knowledge—obscure sources make easy appearances—is a little short on pictorial and sensory intensity. — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021 The Valley Center History Museum has mounted a pictorial display to coincide with the Tokyo Olympics that highlights three local residents who made Olympics history. — Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Scrolling through Sisson's Instagram is now a loving pictorial of Arizona running, from the Valley canals up to Flagstaff and places in between. — Jeff Metcalfe, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2021 His direction emphasizes the pictorial over the physical. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 9 June 2021 Probert was not particularly fond of cats, but this pictorial appealed to him as an advertising logo. — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2020 The Wall preened for magazine pictorials and played the heavy in spy novels. — Time, 8 Nov. 2019 As EW’s Marc Snetiker analyzed, the four pictorials probably represent either the four classical elements (water, earth, fire, air) or the four Gregorian seasons (spring, summer, fall, winter). — Christian Holub, EW.com, 10 June 2019 Playboy temporarily stopped featuring nude pictorials in 2015. — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 2 May 2018

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