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arty - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adjective Of or relating to artists or the fine arts.
adjective Showily or affectedly artistic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective showily imitative of art or artists.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
adjective Pretending to artistic worth; high-flown .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective showily imitative of art or artists
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So-called "arty " movies actually do bear re-watching.
Boing Boing Cory Doctorow 2011
Their sound is perhaps best described as arty chamber rock, and like Department of Eagles many of their songs swell toward cathartic, unsettling conclusions.
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He's been rebranded and his books now have soft-focus, introspective, "arty " covers.
March 2009 Maxine 2009
He's been rebranded and his books now have soft-focus, introspective, "arty " covers.
Leaving the World by Douglas Kennedy Maxine 2009
He's been rebranded and his books now have soft-focus, introspective, "arty " covers.
Leaving the World by Douglas Kennedy Maxine 2009
I tend to like a lot of games that are "arty ", but I would be wary of games becoming legitimate because with legitimacy comes stagnation and boredom.
The Path For Art Games SVGL 2009
Initially, Weston had been a leading exponent of pictorialism – a kind of arty , romanticised style of portraiture that took its cue from the Victorian painters like Whistler.
Edward Weston: the greatest American photographer of his generation? 2010
She's an outspoken fan of Jeff Buckley and the kind of arty alt rockers he inspired.
Dessa: Breaking The Rules Of Rap 2010
You think: Must be an "arty " novel, full of interior scenes.
Jesse Kornbluth: Holidays '09: Ten Books I'll Bet No One Else Will Suggest 2010
You think: Must be an "arty " novel, full of interior scenes.
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bilby commented on the word arty
Military slang for artillery.
July 30, 2022