stylistic

adjective

sty·​lis·​tic stī-ˈli-stik How to pronounce stylistic (audio)
: of or relating especially to literary or artistic style
stylistically adverb

Examples of stylistic in a Sentence

There are a number of stylistic changes in the new car. stylistic differences among various writers
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Additionally, several of the stylistic choices made are entirely off-putting. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025 Logos are the symptoms of impoverished stylistic power. Stéphane Jg Girod, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 There’s a similar use of stylistic techniques: Italic fonts in The Great When, 3D glasses for the Blazing World sections of League. Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Jan. 2025 For Latin music, 2024 was yet another year of significant expansion — both on the commercial front, and in the stylistic detours and avant-garde tendencies favored by artists across the Americas. Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stylistic 

Word History

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stylistic was in 1860

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“Stylistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stylistic. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.

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