Word Meanings - DELINEAMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Delineation; sketch. Dr. H. More.

DELINEATION
1. The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from
SKETCH
An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves the artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also,
SKETCHILY
In a sketchy or incomplete manner. "Sketchily descriptive." Bartlett.
SKETCHINESS
The quality or state of being sketchy; lack of finish; incompleteness.
SKETCHBOOK
A book of sketches or for sketches.
SKETCHER
One who sketches.
SKETCHY
Containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete. The execution is sketchy throughout; the head, in particular, is left in the rough. J. S. Harford.
PREDELINEATION
Previous delineation.