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
As the latter belonged to the Addisonian circle, the opinion at Button's turned in favour of his version, especially as Addison himself thought Tickell had more of Homer than Pope.
From Inns and Taverns of Old London by Henry C. (Henry Charles) Shelley
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
Among the essay-writers and historians of America none had summoned up the courage to shake off the Addisonian and Johnsonian fetters and to move with free, unstudied ease.
From William Hickling Prescott by Harry Thurston Peck
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 Paul Elmer More
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