Addisonian
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of Joseph Addison or his works.
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fluent and clear in literary style.
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of or relating to Addison's disease.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Addisonian
Example Sentences
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There are the Addisonian "Silence Dogood" letters with their gently satiric barbs at Harvard College, bits of local gossip, humorous anecdotes, and a masterful and intricate essay on the value of a paper currency.
From Time Magazine Archive
Several ingenious men were in the habit of writing little Addisonian essays for the paper, and Benjamin, hearing their conversation, was fired to try his own skill.
From Benjamin Franklin by More, Paul Elmer
The tales are of extraordinary merit, remarkable for the simplicity and natural grace of the style, and the preface is a specimen of consummate excellence in point of quiet Addisonian humour.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various
Jimmy Garvin groaned under the supervision of a member of the staff of his Sunday paper, who deleted his best passages and altered the rest into Addisonian English.
From The Prince and Betty by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
The list is a quaint bit of Addisonian satire, almost worthy to rank by the side of Sir Roger de Coverley.
From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by Roberts, W. (William)
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