artsy
AmericanOther Word Forms
- artsiness noun
Etymology
Origin of artsy
Example Sentences
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And in just three minutes of exposition, Hughes and Deutch nimbly convey that Molly Ringwald’s Andie Walsh is both your conventional artsy wallflower and a singularly special young woman.
From Salon
Altadena has been called artsy and a bit funky and architecturally varied, but it was celebrated for three things in particular:
From Los Angeles Times
She timidly reminds Dad of her summer internship at an artsy podcast, which starts tomorrow in downtown Chicago.
From Literature
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The address issue has long been contentious in artsy Carmel-by-the-Sea, where residents once threatened to secede from California if they were forced to number their homes.
From Los Angeles Times
“It used to not be on the map,” Alatriste says of the artsy, up-and-coming neighborhood, just a half-hour drive south of downtown Miami Beach.
From MarketWatch
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