novelistic
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of novelistic
Example Sentences
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Ms. Cusk seems similarly trapped, as well, in a novelistic form that appears to bore her but which she is unwilling to disavow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
They are undeniably cinematic—all five of these books have been made into movies—yet their pleasures are novelistic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
The song is typically dense with novelistic details about the early days of Lamar’s career — “Back when the only goal was to get Jay Rock through the door.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
Spend enough time there and I guarantee you’ll find yourself gaining almost novelistic insight into what your high school English teacher called “the human condition.”
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2024
Shepherd was an acquired taste: He told tales in novelistic form about his childhood in the Midwest, his life in the army, and his adult misadventures in New York City.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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