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• s  suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture
  a picturesque village
• s  strikingly expressive
  a picturesque description of the rainforest

• At Althorp, the Spencer-family estate in Northhampshire, England, you'll find sprawling acres of green, picturesque views and splendid architecture.
• The picturesque personage was none other than the architect Le Corbusier.
• Amid the ruins of Pompeii, the Royal University of Naples celebrated its 700th anniversary by a picturesque pageant.

News & Articles

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• Summer series mixes music, Munsinger Gardens
  It was a picturesque scene Sunday at Munsinger Gardens as more than 200 people lounged beneath the trees and among the greenery for the kick-off of the 14th annual Music in the Gardens series.
  June 17, 2013 - St. Cloud Times
• Pilots commit Gabe Taylor taking next step
  Basketball looks too easy when Gabe Taylor's playing the game. The manner in which the rising Valley Catholic High senior uncorks picturesque outside jumpers from NBA range with a high release and textbook follow-through and finds nothing but net is filthy. Taylor's Dirk Nowitzki-esque turnarounds over helpless opponents from inside 15 feet are unguardable. He drops silky right-to-left ...
  June 17, 2013 - Portland Tribune
• Robert Wambua, Jessica Odorcic win Lake Health Half-Marathon (with video)
  Sunday was a good day to run a half marathon and a great day for runners from Madison participating in the Lake County Health races through some of Lake County's most picturesque Metroparks.
  June 17, 2013 - The News-Herald

Quotes

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• Paul Menard in RacinToday.com
  It's a really great race track,Menard said. "It's in a very picturesque setting in the Wisconsin countryside. It has every kind of corner you can imagine. When I was a kid, my dad would take me to Road America. The fans love it there. By...
• David Feherty in PGA Tour
  Golf fans will recognize these holes as among the most picturesque, and many probably have photos of them. We chose a mix of par 3s, 4s and 5s so that long drivers and accurate putters alike will have a chance for a great score,said Feherty....
• Susan Sontag in San Francisco Chronicle
  Now the soldiers themselves are all photographers -- recording their war, their fun, their observations of what they find picturesque, their atrocities -- and swapping images among themselves and e-mailing them around the globe,Sontag wrote.