Epistolary

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Epistolary \E*pis"to*la*ry\, a. [L. epistolaris, fr. epistola:
     cf. F. ['e]pistolaire.]
     1. Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and
        correspondence; as, an epistolary style.
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     2. Contained in letters; carried on by letters. "Epistolary
        correspondence." --Addison.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  epistolary
       adj : written in the form of or carried on by letters or
             correspondence; "an endless sequence of epistolary love
             affairs"; "the epistolatory novel" [syn: {epistolatory}]