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Synonyms for graphic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : graf-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgræf ɪk

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Définition of graphic

Origin :
  • "vivid," 1570s (implied in graphically), from Latin graphicus "picturesque," from Greek graphikos "of or for writing, belonging to drawing, picturesque," from graphe "writing, drawing," from graphein "to write" (see -graphy). Meaning "of or pertaining to drawing" is from 1756. Related: Graphically. Graphic design is attested by 1956. Graphic equalizer is from 1969.
  • adj clear, explicit
  • adj pictorial, visible
Example sentences :
  • It will enable me to judge of your powers of graphic description.
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
  • After scoring over my calmness in this graphic way he nodded wisely.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Sharer » by Joseph Conrad
  • And I discovered in his speeches that this man of books could be graphic and picturesque.
  • Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
  • This, rather than the imaginative power, it was that made his descriptions so graphic.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 » by Various
  • It was a first night, and he was taking sketches for The Graphic.
  • Extract from : « Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • The incidents related are stirring, and the style is graphic.
  • Extract from : « 'Three Score Years and Ten' » by Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve
  • That comes to be in John's mind the most graphic and sure way of identifying this man.
  • Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Power » by S.D. Gordon
  • Between him and the door sat a lady with a copy of the "Graphic" on her knee.
  • Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
  • Maret's description of the interview is graphic but far from complete.
  • Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
  • An account of it was published in the ‘Graphic’ for November of that year.
  • Extract from : « The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" » by John MacGregor

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