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scenic adjective [ ˈsiːnɪk ]

• providing or relating to views of impressive or beautiful natural scenery.
• "the scenic route from Florence to Siena"
Similar: picturesque, pretty, pleasing, attractive, lovely, beautiful, charming, pretty as a picture, easy on the eye, impressive, striking, spectacular, breathtaking, panoramic,
Opposite: dreary, unattractive,
• relating to theatrical scenery.
• "a scenic artist from the Royal Opera House"
• (of a picture) representing an incident.
• "the trend to scenic figural work"
Origin: early 17th century (in the sense ‘theatrical’): via Latin from Greek skēnikos ‘of the stage’, from skēnē (see scene).


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