cartoonistic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

cartoon +‎ -istic

Adjective[edit]

cartoonistic (comparative more cartoonistic, superlative most cartoonistic)

  1. Having qualities of, or resembling a cartoon.
    • 1927, Henry Lane Wilson, Diplomatic episodes in Mexico, Belgium, and Chile[1], Kennikat Press:
      It depicted Nast bowing with cartoonistic exaggeration before the American minister to Chile.
    • 2015, Ellery Queen, What's in the Dark?[2]:
      His face was a construction of overlapping planes, almost cartoonistic, an illusion that was furthered by the black patch over his left eye socket.