stylisticadj.n.

1860 G. P. Marsh Lect. Eng. Lang. 82 Njála,.. which, as an example of pure stylistic excellence, may fairly be pronounced altogether unsurpassed.

1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. ix. 380 Mere grammatical stylistic skin-deep work.

1877 E. Gosse Four Danish Poets in Stud. Lit. N. Europe (1890) 227 Paul Heyse..with his lyrical drama of Amor and Psyche, a work displaying stilistic gift of the first order.

1883 R. L. Stevenson in Mag. of Art Nov. 26/2 The engendering idea of some works is stylistic; a technical preoccupation stands them instead of some robuster principle of life.

1888 Jewish Q. Rev. 1 77 Historical, linguistic, and stylistic peculiarities converge, he thinks, to prove this.

1911 H. O. Taylor Mediaeval Mind II. vi. xxxi. 152 The stylistic genius of Augustine and Jerome.

1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Stylistic, the art of forming a good style in writing; a treatise on style.]

1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 965 Giving proper place to New Testament stylistics and rhetoric.

1906 Month Feb. 215 A question of ‘Stylistic,’ to adopt a convenient, though to English ears an uncouth, German expression.

1897 Classical Rev. 11 284/1 Great numbers of stylistical peculiarities are required for correct inferences.

1889 A. J. Evans in Archæol. Rev. II. 323 An ivory object..so stylistically carved as to remind us of the treatment of some late Celtic bronze articles.

1889 Classical Rev. 3 87/2 The reproductions look pretty, but are far from being stylistically satisfactory.

1911 H. O. Taylor Mediaeval Mind I. ii. xiv. 346 Stylistically, these great church mosaics belonged to antique art.

1915 Nation (N.Y.) 10 June 650/1 Several glazed pieces, notably the Visitation, [etc.] seem stylistically to belong before 1440.