pictorial
1pic·to·ri·al
adj \pik-ˈtȯr-ē-əl\Definition of PICTORIAL
1
: of or relating to a painter, a painting, or the painting or drawing of pictures <pictorial perspective>
2
a : 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>
— pic·to·ri·al·ly \-ē-ə-lē\ adverb
— pic·to·ri·al·ness noun
See Examples of PICTORIAL
- a pictorial record of the trip
- <that photojournalist is planning to do a primarily pictorial report on the famine in Africa>
Origin of PICTORIAL
Late Latin pictorius, from Latin pictor painter — more at picturesque
First Known Use: 1646
Related to PICTORIAL
Related Words: photographic, video; drawn, painted, represented; illustrational, illustrative; hieroglyphic (also hieroglyphical), iconographic (or iconographical), ideogramic (or ideogrammic), ideogrammatic, ideographic, pictographic
Near Antonyms: indeterminate, nebulous, obscure, sketchy, unclear, vague; bleary, blurry, dark, dim, faint, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, indefinite, indistinct, indistinguishable, muddy, murky, shadowlike, shadowy; ambiguous, cryptic, dark, enigmatic (also enigmatical), equivocal, inscrutable, mysterious
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