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Grotesquely Grotesquely Gro*tesque"ly, adv.
In a grotesque manner.
Picturesquely Picturesque Pic`tur*esque", a. [It. pittoresco: cf. F.
pittoresque. See Pictorial.]
Forming, or fitted to form, a good or pleasing picture;
representing with the clearness or ideal beauty appropriate
to a picture; expressing that peculiar kind of beauty which
is agreeable in a picture, natural or artificial; graphic;
vivid; as, a picturesque scene or attitude; picturesque
language.
What is picturesque as placed in relation to the
beautiful and the sublime? It is . . . the
characteristic pushed into a sensible excess. --De
Quincey. -- Pic`tur*esque"ly, adv. -- Pic`tur*esque"ness,
n.
Squelch Squelch Squelch, v. i. [Perh. imitative. Cf. Squelch.]
To make a sound like that made by the feet of one walking in
mud or slush; to make a kind of swashing sound; also, to move
with such a sound.
He turned and strode to the fire, his boots squelching
as he walked. --P. L. Ford.
A crazy old collier squelching along under squared
yards. --W. C.
Russell.
Squelch Squelch Squelch, n.
A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing
reply. [Colloq.] --Hudibras.
Statuesquely Statuesquely Stat`u*esque"ly, adv.
In a statuesque manner; in a way suggestive of a statue; like
a statue.
A character statuesquely simple in its details.
--Lowell.
