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Meanings of less picturesque in English

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Usage of less picturesque in English
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The douce, comfortable people of Ulster were less picturesque and less demonstrative.
Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2
2
Still Dumbarton Castle is not a whit the less picturesque for that.
Sunny Memories Of Foreign Lands, Volume 1
3
There was another element, less picturesque and equally characteristic, along the waterfront.
The City That Was: A Requiem of Old San Francisco
4
A country walk less picturesque could hardly be found in England.
The Belton Estate
5
Joan Ferriby had found the malgamite workers less picturesque than she had anticipated.
Roden's Corner
6
Men are naturally more progressive than women, and therefore less picturesque.
Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness
7
The 'voyageur' and 'courier de bois' still exist, though, generally, under less picturesque names.
Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Volume 1.
8
It became less gossiping and less picturesque; but much more accurate, and somewhat more scientific.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2
9
It has made the country prosperous but less picturesque.
The Great Prince Shan
10
The crowd presented effects that were no less picturesque.
Maitre Cornelius
11
Now it stands out clear, less picturesque than it was in the time of Bocardo prison.
Oxford
12
That is the truth:-itis perhaps less picturesque but certainly more in accord with common sense.
From Isolation to Leadership, Revised / A Review of American For...
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It is equally quiet, and even less picturesque.
The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891
14
That of animated nature was not less picturesque.
Marriage
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But the cause of the change in her was something far less picturesque, something concrete and sinister.
The Avalanche: A Mystery Story
16
These gave features more or less picturesque to the country that are not observable in New England.
In the Catskills: Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs
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