: characterized by or showing artistry or artistic talent
The artsy Paloma Picasso chatted up husband Rafael Lopez Sanchez, the Argentine playwright.—
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: showily or pretentiously artistic : arty, artsy-fartsy
For a month, all Edinburgh is a stage, life is a cabaret, and people like me feel comfortable spouting artsy clichés while bingeing on three or four or five performances a day. —Bob Sipchen
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Her boyfriend is the artsy type.
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Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The perfectly imperfect artsy-meets-preppy plait was secured with elastics at both the base and the ends, because who has time to do the whole hair-wrapping thing?
—Marci Robin, Allure, 10 Sep. 2025
One neighborhood anchor is Tlaquepaque Arts & Shopping Village, an homage to an artsy Mexican town of the same name.
—New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
There are no grand speeches about love or grief, and no artsy shots of the Spanish coastline where the Sandersons retreat in times of crisis.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Artsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/artsy. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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