PICTORIAL

graphic, lifelike, pictorial, vivid

(adjective) evoking lifelike images within the mind; “pictorial poetry and prose”; “graphic accounts of battle”; “a lifelike portrait”; “a vivid description”

pictorial, pictural

(adjective) pertaining to or consisting of pictures; “pictorial perspective”; “pictorial records”

pictorial

(noun) a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

pictorial (not comparable)

Of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures.

Described or otherwise represented as if in a picture; graphic or vivid.

Stylistically similar to a painting, especially following pictorial conventions (of a photograph) – see pictorialism.

Usage notes

Can be used comparatively “Could you give a more pictorial treatment of this subject?” but this usage is uncommon.

Noun

pictorial (plural pictorials)

a newspaper or magazine with many pictures, or section thereof

an article primarily featuring many photographs, or simply a collection of photographs

(philately) a stamp featuring a vignette of local scenery or culture.

Usage notes

• Individual titles will be capitalized e.g. "Sunday Pictorial"

• In sense “an article consisting primarily of photographs”, particularly used of photographs of people, as in “The budding starlet is featured in a pictorial in a glossy magazine next week.”

Coordinate terms

• (collection of images): gallery, slideshow

Source: Wiktionary

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Pic*to"ri*al, a. Etym: [L. pictorius, fr. pictor a painter, fr. pingere to paint. See Paint.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to pictures; illustrated by pictures; forming pictures; representing with the clearness of a picture; as, a pictorial dictionary; a pictorial imagination. "Pictorial rhetoric." Ruskin.

– Pic*to"ri*al*ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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