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# statuesque

«statuesque» in Mova's school dictionary: **Tall, graceful and impressive, like a statue** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (statuesque)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (of a person, usually a woman) Tall, graceful and impressive, like a statue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuesque/#m1)

2) Very still, like a statue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuesque/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and descriptions, statuesque praises someone's tall, elegant figure and calm presence. It is a formal or literary word, often in descriptions of athletes, models or queens.

### examples

- The statuesque queen stood at the top of the stairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuesque/#x1)
- The statuesque basketball player towered over us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuesque/#x2)
- She stood statuesque and silent while the crowd cheered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuesque/#x3)
- The heron waited in the water, statuesque. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuesque/#x4)
- The actress looked statuesque in a long gown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuesque/#x5)
- The statuesque giraffe stood perfectly still under the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuesque/#x6)

### note

Say «statch-oo-ESK»; the «-esque» means «like» (as in «picturesque»). It is a compliment, not about being made of stone.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «statuesque» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuesque/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.