Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • According to the principles of esthetics; with reference to the sense of the beautiful.

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  • adverb Alternative spelling of aesthetically.

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  • adverb in a tasteful way

Etymologies

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esthetic +‎ -ally

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Examples

  • It points fairly good and esthetically is pleasing.

    The Utah Exception 2008

  • Above all, there are the overemphatic scare quotes — too many of them, in fact, placed twice around "esthetically" and twice around "as music."

    From the Troubadours to Frank Sinatra Rosen, Charles 2006

  • And that, over and above any urge to unify the works "esthetically," is why the "movements" of cyclic Masses were deliberately made to resemble each other as much as possible ....

    From the Troubadours to Frank Sinatra Rosen, Charles 2006

  • I once mounted a scope on the 39D but esthetically the appearance was all wrong.

    Trigger Happy 2009

  • Also it is a much finer, more esthetically pleasing carpet of grass.

    Zoysia grass 2009

  • It was in good shape esthetically but obviously had been shot a lot.

    The 870 Project 2009

  • It was in good shape esthetically but obviously had been shot a lot.

    The 870 Project 2009

  • I once mounted a scope on the 39D but esthetically the appearance was all wrong.

    Trigger Happy 2009

  • My mind has no idea about what brings me joy, what feels fulfilling to me, what is esthetically pleasing, what feels peaceful.

    Margaret Paul, Ph.D.: Do You Have Trouble Making Decisions? Ph.D. Margaret Paul 2011

  • My mind has no idea about what brings me joy, what feels fulfilling to me, what is esthetically pleasing, what feels peaceful.

    Margaret Paul, Ph.D.: Do You Have Trouble Making Decisions? Ph.D. Margaret Paul 2011

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