biographical

American  

[bahy-uh-graf-i-kuhl] / ˌbaɪ əˈgræf ɪ kəl /

Also biographic

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.

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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

Etymology

Origin of biographical

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

Example Sentences

This is a criticism that should puzzle more people than it has done in much of the biographical literature.

From The Wall Street Journal

“True Nature” is a kind of biographical pilgrimage, and if it never achieves total clarity, we have been reminded by its subject that it is the journey and not the arrival that matters.

From The Wall Street Journal

She co-founded a school for orphans, preserved and sold Hamilton’s papers, and commissioned a biographical project that kept running aground.

From The Wall Street Journal

Hourigan and Hughes have been closely involved in the publication of Robert A. Caro’s biographical series on Johnson, a project dating back to the 1970s.

From Seattle Times

It then turned into essays and compilations and very clearly, biographical things rather than writing fiction.

From Salon