pictorial
adj.using pictures or drawings to show information or tell a story. You use this when something is visual rather than written in words.
adj.relating to, expressed in, or consisting of pictures. Often used to describe representations that rely on visual imagery rather than text or abstract symbols.
“The book provides a pictorial history of the city.”
“The museum's new exhibit offers a pictorial record of how the landscape has changed over the last century.”
“While the report contains extensive data, the pictorial representation of the statistics helps the board members grasp the trends more intuitively.”
Typically used attributively before a noun.
From Latin pictōrius (“of painting”) + -al, from pictor (“painter”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.