- 1(of a place, building, scene, etc.) pretty, especially in a way that looks old-fashioned synonym quaint a picturesque cottage/setting/village
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- 2(of language) producing strong mental images by using unusual words a picturesque description of life at sea
adverb The inn is picturesquely situated on the banks of the river.See picturesque in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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