novelistic

American  

[nov-uh-lis-tik] / ˌnɒv əˈlɪs tɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of novels. novel.

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novelistic British  

/ ˌnɒvəˈlɪstɪk /

adjective

1. of or characteristic of novels, esp in style or method of treatment

   his novelistic account annoyed other historians

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Other Word Forms

• novelistically adverb

Etymology

Origin of novelistic

First recorded in 1825–35; novel ¹ + -istic

Example Sentences

In “If I Go,” Thompson-Hernández scraps the three-act structure for something more novelistic, a risk that a lesser director might have fumbled but one he turns into a profound taxonomy on grace.

From Los Angeles Times

This panoramic sweep lends “The Secret Agent” a novelistic sprawl, although it sometimes dilutes the proceedings.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Century, a veteran investigative journalist, has drawn on those writings, as well as many other firsthand accounts, to give his narrative a rich, novelistic sheen.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The Golden Hour” is a determinedly artful and novelistic memoir, recalling the ebb and flow of millions in Hollywood in the past half-century, not to account for winners and losers but to better understand his parents’ psyches, and his own.

From Los Angeles Times

Told in an elliptical style with novelistic chapters, the story follows Agnes, a literature grad student turned junior professor at a small liberal arts college who is struggling to move forward from a traumatic event.

From Los Angeles Times