novelistic

[ nov-uh-lis-tik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

novelistic

/ ˌnɒvəˈlɪstɪk /

of or characteristic of novels, esp in style or method of treatment
his novelistic account annoyed other historians

First recorded in 1825–35; novel ¹ + -istic

Drive My Car once again illustrates Hamaguchi’s formidable skill at blending cinematic and novelistic modes.

The book also refuses to conform to conventional novelistic style.

They have a novelistic drive to them in which all of that research is integrated in a powerful and sustaining way.

He tried to brand what he was doing—calling it a "novelistic chronicle," or an "expanded view of the memoir form."

The narrative of House of Cards, itself based on a novel by Michael Dobbs, is largely dependent on a novelistic structure.

He admired Tom Wolfe, and he had shockingly grand, novelistic aspirations of capturing full men.

You, now—the best things you have done are altogether in conflict with novelistic conventionalities.

As far as the smart point of view goes, I couldn't do anything better than go in for the studio, or novelistic business.

In short, his place is unique, apart from the normal lines of novelistic development.

This, I take it, is the novelistic imagination of which we hear so much.

It was a pen name devised by the feminine member of the novelistic firm.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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