biographical
adjective
of or relating to a person's life.
biographically
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a word derived from
biographical.
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a word derived from
biography.
biographynouna written account of another person's life.
Example Sentences
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The performer executive produced, created and co-wrote "Nora From Queens" as a somewhat biographically inspired piece, although her character Nora Lin is a funhouse, alternate existence version of what Nora Lum could have been.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2020
Bethany: That makes the place sound biographically cinematic, but the poor toys live in cages.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2019
His instinct, perhaps biographically informed, was just to plow through, meeting insult with impassivity.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 24, 2019
This system certainly seems to work, because Holmes’s books, while biographically persuasive, always feel subtly personal.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2017
At first I was relieved, because I felt like everything I’d done had been worth it, because I’d made Dad into a Great Man who was biographically significant and would be remembered.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
