If the writings of Addison were more scholarly and elegant, those of Steele were more vivacious and brilliant; and together they have produced a series of essays which have not been surpassed in later times, and which are vividly delineative of their own.    From Wordnik.com.  [English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction] Reference

It was a branch of delineative art that my father had carefully taught me.    From Wordnik.com.  [James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography.]

The enthusiast of the lyre should not be so feebly, so tediously, delineative of his own feelings; 'tis not the way to become.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb] Reference

Institute; it had been printed at the expense of the Society, and had been rewarded by a silver medal, -- delineative of Apollo crowning Merit.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Novel — Complete] Reference

That destiny, carried by the forces of human character to its strange termination, is handled by Miss West in a long novel the chapters of which are a series of delineative emotions.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Winter Comes to Main Street] Reference

Because of the grace and inoffensiveness which marked his delineative work, his writings possess an enduring quality, and they will long be read with increasing interest, pleasure and profit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twain, Mark: Selected Obituaries] Reference

I was living at the time in Boston, and had not seen the West for several years, and my return to the scenes of my boyhood started me upon a series of stories delineative of farm and village life as I knew it and had lived it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Other Main-Travelled Roads] Reference

But that influence, if any, was formative and delineative: not ritual: so that in no case, and in no country, was Egypt the parent of Superstition: while she was beyond all dispute, for all people and to all time, the parent of Geometry, Astronomy, Architecture, and Chivalry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens] Reference

Between themselves they arrange that the wedding shall take place when next Pizarro makes his monthly visit to Seville to give an account of his stewardship, and the jailer admonishes the youthful pair to put money in their purses in a song of little distinction, but containing some delineative music in the orchestra suggesting the rolling and jingling of coins.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music] Reference

Whilst the Evolution title may lack certain aesthetic properties, in relation to insignificant details such as stadium names and uniform branding, it more than makes up for this with an adumbrative and delineative appearance that focuses on the movement and athletic mannerisms of its pixelated contestants, rather than sacrificing gameplay gratification in order to look more appealing to a footer-sim novice (dare I suggest, one like yourself?).    From Wordnik.com.  [Pocket-lint] Reference

This venture, receiving no impulse from the powerful arm of an overflowing government treasury, starts on an "Exploring Expedition" of its own, into the waters of criticism; and, if but prosperous gales attend its return, the grateful Artist pledges his unwearied efforts to produce nothing but the best specimens of American delineative art, wherewith to acknowledge the patronage and indulgence of his countrymen and to vindicate the capacity of our native artists.    From Wordnik.com.  [Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio] Reference