filmic

adjective

film·​ic ˈfil-mik How to pronounce filmic (audio)
: of, relating to, or resembling motion pictures
filmically adverb

Examples of filmic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And that’s just the beginning of the chaos in a show that looks filmic in ways that most television never bothers to attempt. Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 May 2024 And no amount of scene-chewing theatrics by Matt Damon as Col. Leslie Groves — nor the enchanting presence of Emily Blunt as the conflicted Mrs. Oppenheimer — can make up for Nolan’s dereliction of filmic duty. Rosario A. Iaconis, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2024 His dusky-dark and vividly filmic aesthetic, with its gothic melodicism and clanging rhythms, became hip-hop’s industry gold standard. A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024 After spending much of the post-Aviary interval working with movies, including Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Holter’s filmic vision has never sounded more diffuse. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for filmic 

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Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of filmic was in 1915

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“Filmic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filmic. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.

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