epistolary

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e·pis·to·la·ry /ɪˈpɪstələri $ -leri/ adjective formal  ALwritten in the form of a letter or a series of letters 书信体的 an epistolary novel 书信体小说

Examples from the Corpus

epistolary• She is in no real need of epistolary adulation.• Richardsonian Principle, the, allusion to the fact that Samuel Richardson's novels are all epistolary in form.• It is an attempt to reuse the fictional form which first reached exhaustion, that of the epistolary novel.• The discovery of her own capacity for longing catapults Sabrina into a kind of epistolary sublime.

e·pis·to·la·ry adjectiveChineseSyllable  

Corpus in of letter form written a the

epistolary
e‧pis‧to‧la‧ry /ɪˈpɪstələri $ -leri/ adjective formal
written in the form of a letter or a series of letters:
    an epistolary novel

epis·tol·aryBrE /ɪˈpɪstələri/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˈpɪstəleri/ 🔊 adjective (formal) written or expressed in the form of letters 书信的；用书信表达的；书信体的◆an epistolary novel书信体小说