Junoesque (Adjective)
Meaning
Suggestive of a statue.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- Her statuesque pose on the balcony made her appear almost junoesque, a marble goddess overlooking the city below.
- The classical painter idealized his female subjects with smooth, rounded forms, rendering them in a decidedly junoesque style.
- Achilles gazed in awe at the figure standing before him, the soldier's body rigid as if sculpted, almost junoesque in its rigid formality.
- Inspired by Greek and Roman statuary, the sculptor chiseled out a breathtakingly beautiful female figure that exuded a distinctly junoesque quality.
- Frozen in the entranceway, she appeared an otherworldly creature – regal, tall, and unnervingly junoesque in the low-keyed, late evening light.