English edit

Etymology edit

cartoon +‎ -istic

Adjective edit

cartoonistic (comparative more cartoonistic, superlative most cartoonistic)

  1. Having qualities of, or resembling a cartoon.
    • 1927, Henry Lane Wilson, Diplomatic episodes in Mexico, Belgium, and Chile[1], Kennikat Press:
      It depicted Nast bowing with cartoonistic exaggeration before the American minister to Chile.
    • 2015, Ellery Queen, What's in the Dark?[2]:
      His face was a construction of overlapping planes, almost cartoonistic, an illusion that was furthered by the black patch over his left eye socket.