pictorially

Through visual representation

Pictorially means in a way that uses or relates to pictures: The concept is difficult to represent pictorially.

Something expressed pictorially relies on images rather than words or numbers.

The term appears in contexts ranging from art history to data visualization: The report presents the findings pictorially through charts and graphs.

artistic

illustrated

Shown with images

drawn · sketched · composed · brushwork · canvas · watercolor · oils · charcoal · pastel · gouache

representational

depicted

Represented in visual form

rendered · diagrammatic · schematic · iconographic · cartographic · anatomical · figurative · delineated · mapped · charted

descriptive

visually

By means of sight

scenically · atmospherically · detailed · richly · elaborately · panoramically · cinematically · photographically · memorably · clearly

expressive

vividly

With intense clarity

poignantly · symbolically · metaphorically · emotively · colorfully · vibrantly · eloquently · suggestively · resonantly · powerfully

graphic

explicitly

Stated in clear terms

shockingly · gruesomely · brutally · rawly · unflinchingly · harshly · realistically · unsparingly · horrifically · viscerally

Opposites
mode of representation

pictoriallyverbally

By means of speech

textually · linguistically · orally · in writing · abstractly

Family

pictorial, pictorials

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G