encyclopedic
adjective
pertaining to or of the nature of an encyclopedia; relating to all branches of knowledge.
encyclopaedic
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a variation of
encyclopedic.
Example Sentences
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"Breakthroughs in this very difficult field have tended to rely on the memory, the subjective judgement and the hunch/guesswork of individual scholars, supported by traditional, encyclopaedic databases. Aeneas opens up entirely new horizons."
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
Now we get an encyclopaedic analysis of every player's attribute, who he's married to and the names of all his children.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2021
Despite having no background in screenwriting, Ali got into the writers’ room through her near encyclopaedic research into the industry.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 16, 2020
Coffey’s obsession translates to an encyclopaedic knowledge of all the interviews Massive Attack have ever given.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2019
The eleventh census was taken under a law almost identical with that of the tenth, and extended through twenty-five large volumes, presenting a work almost as encyclopaedic, but much more distinctively statistical.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
