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Definition of Epistolary
1. Adjective. Written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence. "The epistolatory novel"
Definition of Epistolary
1. a. Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style.
Definition of Epistolary
1. Adjective. of or relating to letters, or the writing of letters ¹
2. Adjective. carried on by written correspondence ¹
3. Adjective. in the manner of written correspondence ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Epistolary
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Epistolary
Literary usage of Epistolary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Specially Applied to English Practice by Jeremy Bentham (1827)
"The epistolary mode being therefore a mode of extraction not to be dispensed
with; remains the problem, how to apply it to the best advantage. ..."
2. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on by Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough, Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge (1903)
"In this use these tenses are called the epistolary Perfect, Imperfect, and Pluperfect.
The epistolary tenses are not employed with any uniformity, ..."
3. The Study of a Novel by Selden Lincoln Whitcomb (1905)
"epistolary Form. — The significant origin of the " novel of letters " is ...
and considerable critical discussion of the epistolary form followed his novels ..."
4. An Abridgment of Lectures on Rhetorick by Hugh Blair, John Lauris Blake (1822)
"epistolary WRITING. IN epistolary writing we expect' ease and familiarity ; and
much of its charm depends oo •.ts introducing us into some acquaintance with ..."
5. A Treatise on Judicial Evidence by Jeremy Bentham, Etienne Dumont (1825)
"In regard to the permanence of the testimony; oral testimony, with the assistance
of stenography, is not inferior to the epistolary mode. 3. ..."
6. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, Founded on by Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough (1916)
"epistolary TENSES 479. In Letters, the Perfect Historical or the ... In this use
these tenses are called the epistolary Perfect, Imperfect, and Pluperfect. ..."
7. An Abridgment of Lectures on Rhetoric by Hugh Blair (1823)
"epistolary WRITING. IN epistolary writing we expect ease and familiarity; and
much of its charm depends on its introducing us into some acquaintance with ..."
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