postcardy

Definitions

1. Tweely picturesque.
   informal
2. Suggestive of a postcard.

Examples

“By three next afternoon I was waiting under Coggeshall's clock tower. The postcardy little place⟳ still has a free car park⟳.”

““He protested vigorously,” Brower recalled, arguing that the photograph was “too postcardy.” According to Brower, Porter felt that “everyone knows [the sky]^([sic]) is blue, so we might as well take⟳ it for granted and omit it, concentrating instead upon its indirect effect.””

“Lots of these sites have⟳ postcardy country names: Bog Creek Farm, Reich Farm, Burnt Fly⟳ Bog.”

“If I saw⟳ a cool, postcardy subject, like⟳ the partially burned-out neon Chow Mein sign⟳ on Second Avenue and Twelfth Street, I'd make⟳ Herve or a visiting Ron or Jack pose under it.”

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