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epistolary

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e·pis·to·lar·y  (-pst-lr)
adj.
1. Of or associated with letters or the writing of letters.
2. Being in the form of a letter: epistolary exchanges.
3. Carried on by or composed of letters: an epistolary friendship.

[From Latin epistolris, from epistola, epistle; see epistle.]

epistolary
Adjective
1. of or relating to letters
2. (of a novel) presented in the form of a series of letters
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.epistolary - written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence; "an endless sequence of epistolary love affairs"; "the epistolatory novel"
informal - used of spoken and written language


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Very little assistance to the State could be derived from the epistolary intercourse of Mrs.
She wrote at great length the same day; cried profusely over her own epistolary composition; and was remarkably ill-tempered and snappish toward me, when we met in the evening.
Colette (whose name I do not know how to spell, for I was never in epistolary communication with that hospitable outlaw) was simply an unlicensed publican, who gave suppers after eleven at night, the Edinburgh hour of closing.
 
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