epistolary

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.

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

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epistolary

Adjective

1. of or relating to letters

2. (of a novel) presented in the form of a series of letters

Thesaurus

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" epistolatory informal - used of spoken and written language