1.
pertaining to or consisting of pictures
pictorial perspective
pictorial records
2.
evoking lifelike images within the mind
pictorial poetry and prose
'pictorial' - used as a noun
3.
a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.