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Pointillistically is a derived term of pointillistic.


As an adverb pointillistically

is in a pointillistic fashion.

As an adjective pointillistic is

having a style marked by using many small, distinct points of color to form an image.

pointillistically

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a pointillistic fashion.
  • pointillistic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a style marked by using many small, distinct points of color to form an image
  • a pointillistic work of art
  • (by extension) Having the minimalistic, analytical character associated with pointillism
  • *{{quote-news, 2008, December 12, Jon Pareles, Hey, Kids! Care for a Little Minimalism With Your Dance Grooves?, The New York Times citation
  • , passage=Their songs are mercurial, exhilarating structures with angular, leaping vocal lines from David Longstreth, cooing female vocal harmonies and pointillistic guitar patterns that do with Congolese soukous what Steve Reich did with Ghanian drumming: analyze, formalize and layer on new, dizzying convolutions. }}

    Synonyms

    *pointillist

    Derived terms

    *pointillistically

    See also

    *(Pointillism)