Stylistic: alternatives and connections

In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a cape…

An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness.

In a melodious, flowing style; in a singing style, as opposed to bravura, recitativo, or parlando.

An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp.…

To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to c…

A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-c…

Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.

Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies…

Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fict…

The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coa…

The state of being happy; blessedness; blissfulness; enjoyment of good.

Similar to, or in the style of, the poem "Hudibras," by Samuel Butler; in the style of doggerel verse.

The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; want of suitableness or appropriateness.

To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to de…

The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classica…

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of…

The Latin tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom.