1.
[syn: epistolary, epistolatory]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
epistolary
adj 1: written in the form of or carried on by letters or
correspondence; "an endless sequence of epistolary love
affairs"; "the epistolatory novel" [syn: epistolary,
epistolatory]