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picturesque

/ˌpɪkt͡ʃəˈɹɛsk/ adjective B2
  1. Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful. · We looked down onto a beautiful, picturesque sunset over the ocean.
  2. Strikingly graphic or vivid; having striking and vivid imagery. (figuratively) · picturesque language
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The picturesque would be spoilt by admitting a fourth.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 58 · B2
In your picturesque account of the matter, which I read with great interest some months later, you assert that the wall was sheer.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 12 · C1
“Because it commands so excellent a view of that picturesque pile.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 17 · C1
For centuries it had remained unchanged; but within the last few years its picturesque appearance and situation have attracted a number of well-to-do residents, whose villas peep out from the woods around.
The Valley of Fear, p. 21 · C1

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