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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence;
- Example: "an endless sequence of epistolary love affairs"
- Example: "the epistolatory novel"
[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. [1913 Webster] 2. Contained in letters; carried on by letters. "Epistolary correspondence." --Addison. [1913 Webster]
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]