Antonyms of adj painterly
1 sense of painterly
Sense 1
painterly -- (having qualities unique to the art of painting)
INDIRECT (VIA aesthetic) -> inaesthetic, unaesthetic -- (violating aesthetic canons or requirements; deficient in tastefulness or beauty; "inaesthetic and quite unintellectual"; "peered through those inaesthetic spectacles")
Similarity of adj painterly
1 sense of painterly
Sense 1
painterly -- (having qualities unique to the art of painting)
=> aesthetic (vs. inaesthetic), esthetic, aesthetical, esthetical -- (concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste; "the aesthetic faculties"; "an aesthetic person"; "aesthetic feeling"; "the illustrations made the book an aesthetic success")