epistolary

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪˈpɪstələrɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(i pis′tl er′ē)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
e•pis•to•lar•y  (i pis′tl er′ē),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. contained in or carried on by letters:an epistolary friendship.
  2. Literatureof, pertaining to, or consisting of letters.
  • Latin epistolāris of, belonging to a letter. See epistle, -ar1
  • 1650–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
epistolary / ɪˈpɪstələrɪ/, (archaic)epistolatory
  1. relating to, denoting, conducted by, or contained in letters
  2. (of a novel or other work) constructed in the form of a series of letters
'epistolary' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Laclos - Pamela - Richardson - Sorrows of Young Werther, The - epistolary novel - epistolic - epistolography

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