Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or associated with letters or the writing of letters.
- adjective Being in the form of a letter.
- adjective Carried on by or composed of letters.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; familiar: as, an epistolary style.
- Contained in letters; carried on by letters.
- noun A book formerly in use in the Western Church, containing the liturgical epistles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence.
- adjective Contained in letters; carried on by letters.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of or relating to
letters , or thewriting of letters - adjective carried on by
written correspondence - adjective in the manner of written correspondence
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The end result, a tiny novella in epistolary form and shining a spotlight on life in
Address Unknown 2007
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The end result, a tiny novella in epistolary form and shining a spotlight on life in
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In addition, “YR, YR, YR” is humorous, is written in epistolary form (as a cover letter to editor Gardner Dozois), and is set in my home town of Fairbanks, Alaska.
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The end result, a tiny novella in epistolary form and shining a spotlight on life in
Address Unknown 2007
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Letters for the Memorable Year (1987) [34] details in epistolary form many actual experiences of the author (here called K).
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Then I go carefully over the columns of the weekly, clip out all the available personals and news items, about weddings, and engagements, and teas, etc., hash them up in epistolary style, forge the Windsor correspondent's nom de plume – and there's your society letter!
The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career Lucy Maud 1917
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Where we would say "testifies," the ancients in epistolary communications use the past tense.
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‘We write to one another,’ said Rosa, pouting, as she recalled their epistolary differences.
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"We write to one another," said Rosa, pouting, as she recalled their epistolary differences.
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Of all branches of prose composition, the epistolary was the most carefully cultivated.
Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853
seanahan commented on the word epistolary
So that's what epistle means.
November 2, 2007
jwjarvis commented on the word epistolary
but he has kept his hand in as an epistolary politician.
August 23, 2011
munjal.upadhyay commented on the word epistolary
relating to letters,
March 24, 2013