in extenso
Americanadverb
adverb
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The impression of ordinariness is reinforced by his chatty letters to Knightley, which are cited in extenso.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first is that of the "Monk," given in extenso, as I have given it in the eleventh chapter of this book.
From There is no Death by Marryatt, Florence
If he has obtained more than one account of a fact, with more or less important modifications, through several series of narrators, he communicates them all to the reader in extenso.
From A Literary History of the Arabs by Nicholson, Reynold
The story in extenso was this: the Rev. Dr. James Wilmot, of Barton-on-the-Heath, Warwickshire, met and became enamoured of the sister of Count Poniatowski, subsequently King of Poland.
From Claimants to Royalty by Ingram, John M.
The things they thought I “really ought to know” would make wild reading if published in extenso.
From West African studies by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta
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