biographical

Also bi·o·graph·ic

[bahy-uh-graf-i-kuhl]

adjective

1. of or relating to a person's life.

   He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.

2. pertaining to or containing biography.

   a biographical dictionary.

Other Word Forms

• biographically adverb
• nonbiographical adjective
• nonbiographically adverb
• pseudobiographic adjective
• pseudobiographical adjective
• pseudobiographically adverb
• quasi-biographical adjective
• quasi-biographically adverb
• semibiographic adjective
• semibiographical adjective
• semibiographically adverb
• unbiographical adjective
• unbiographically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of biographical¹

First recorded in 1730–40; biograph(y) + -ical

Example Sentences

Miran is a gardener and a practitioner of shiatsu, a Japanese therapy similar to acupuncture, according to a biographical video released by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.

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Jacob Dunne’s biographical story, adapted by James Graham, arrives on Broadway after Adam Penford’s production received rave reviews in the U.K.

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But when presented with Minguela’s biographical information Monday, the department said he had been arrested because he overstayed his visa — a civil, not criminal, offense.

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His opponent, then-Vice President Kamala Harris, has spoken often about working at McDonald’s while putting herself through college at Howard University — a biographical detail meant to root her in the reality of American labor.

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But no biographical texts emerged for several hundred years after his death.

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