stylistic
adjective
sty·lis·tic
stī-ˈli-stik 
: of or relating especially to literary or artistic style
Examples of stylistic in a Sentence
There are a number of stylistic changes in the new car.
stylistic differences among various writers
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What the show brings to the genre—and what makes each kinetic half-hour of its first season so much fun to watch—is a fierce love of movies that comes through in, for example, an extended homage to Chinatown and such stylistic flexes as a single-shot episode devoted to filming a single-shot scene.
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Judy Berman, Time, 3 June 2025
But the twins haven’t lost any of their stylistic brio, upping the ante on gruesome imagery in this much bleaker film.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 30 May 2025
The music for the movie was a stylistic departure from the band’s commercial/pop music side.
—David Chiu, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Its worldbuilding is ill-considered, and its tale of corruption and cruelty is obscured by chaotic stylistic gestures.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 25 May 2025
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Judy Berman, Time, 3 June 2025
But the twins haven’t lost any of their stylistic brio, upping the ante on gruesome imagery in this much bleaker film.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 30 May 2025
The music for the movie was a stylistic departure from the band’s commercial/pop music side.
—David Chiu, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Its worldbuilding is ill-considered, and its tale of corruption and cruelty is obscured by chaotic stylistic gestures.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 25 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for stylistic
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“Stylistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stylistic. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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