artier; artiest
: showily or pretentiously artistic
arty lighting and photography
artillery
Examples of arty in a Sentence
Adjective
some arty intellectual type who doesn't know the meaning of hard work
a rock band with arty pretensions
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Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
This week sees the return of the monthly South First Fridays art walk in and around downtown San Jose’s arty South First Area (SoFA).
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
In Japan, theatrical audience loss to television resulted in the movie industry turning to exploitation cinema to entice crowds, leaving artier filmmakers few avenues for funding.
—Jake Cole, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2025
In late 2015, Spain’s subsidy rules changed, ditching domestic box office performance as a main criteria in favor of a multi-point system, which for artier films prized a producer or director’s festival track-record, plus first features.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 14 May 2025
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Adjective
The brand is opening its first store in the Italian fashion capital, zeroing in on an intimate location nestled in the arty district of Brera.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
This week sees the return of the monthly South First Fridays art walk in and around downtown San Jose’s arty South First Area (SoFA).
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
In Japan, theatrical audience loss to television resulted in the movie industry turning to exploitation cinema to entice crowds, leaving artier filmmakers few avenues for funding.
—Jake Cole, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2025
In late 2015, Spain’s subsidy rules changed, ditching domestic box office performance as a main criteria in favor of a multi-point system, which for artier films prized a producer or director’s festival track-record, plus first features.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 14 May 2025
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“Arty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arty. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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