'Picturesquely' definitions:

Definition of 'picturesquely'

From: WordNet
adverb
In a picturesque manner; "in the building trade such a trader is picturesquely described as a `brass plate' merchant"

Definition of 'Picturesquely'

From: GCIDE
  • Picturesque \Pic`tur*esque"\, a. [It. pittoresco: cf. F. pittoresque. See Pictorial.] Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing picture; representing with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate to a picture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which is agreeable in a picture, natural or artificial; graphic; vivid; as, a picturesque scene or attitude; picturesque language. [1913 Webster]
  • What is picturesque as placed in relation to the beautiful and the sublime? It is . . . the characteristic pushed into a sensible excess. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] -- {Pic`tur*esque"ly}, adv. -- {Pic`tur*esque"ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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