pic·to·ri·al
pik-ˈtȯr-ē-əl 
1
: of or relating to a painter, a painting, or the painting or drawing of pictures
pictorial perspective
2
a
: of, relating to, or consisting of pictures
pictorial records
b
: illustrated by pictures
pictorial weekly
c
: consisting of or displaying the characteristics of pictographs
d
: suggesting or conveying visual images
pictorial poetry
pictorialness
noun
: a periodical having much pictorial matter
Synonyms
Examples of pictorial in a Sentence
Adjective
a pictorial record of the trip
that photojournalist is planning to do a primarily pictorial report on the famine in Africa
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Margalit Fox, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Japanese cultural arts and crafts vendors and a pictorial timeline of Cupertino’s sister city relationship with Toyokawa will be grouped at the Japanese Artisan Pavilion at the Cupertino Senior Center.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2024
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Adjective
Faith Ringgold, a multimedia artist whose pictorial quilts depicting the African American experience gave rise to a second distinguished career as a writer and illustrator of children’s books, died on Saturday at her home in Englewood, N.J.
—Margalit Fox, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Japanese cultural arts and crafts vendors and a pictorial timeline of Cupertino’s sister city relationship with Toyokawa will be grouped at the Japanese Artisan Pavilion at the Cupertino Senior Center.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2024
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“Pictorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pictorial. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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