artilyadv.
/ˈɑːtᵻli/, U.S. /ˈɑrdəli/ In a self-consciously or pretentiously artistic manner.
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1922 Magic Wand Oct.–Nov. 200 Cortorm Bending had photographed the Sob and Jill O. Ginn (an unsweetened damsel) had Artily directed the whole.
1930 Eng. Jrnl. 19 368 As the introspective girl put it, rather artily, she wanted to realize herself.
1954 N.Y. Times 11 May 26/1 The rather artily simple libretto in the end detracts from the total effect.
1989 G. Chapman et al. Monty Python's Flying Circus II. xxxiii. 141 Various photos of Mousebender walking along the pavement, again very artily shot from show-off angles.
2006 The Word July 56/1 I used to think Grant's songs were artily poetic, until I..realised they were all autobiographical.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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