novelistic

[ nov-uh-lis-tik ]

adjective

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

novelistic

/ ˌnɒvəˈlɪstɪk /

adjective

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

   his novelistic account annoyed other historians

Other Words From

• novel·isti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of novelistic¹

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

Example Sentences

Drive My Car once again illustrates Hamaguchi’s formidable skill at blending cinematic and novelistic modes.

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The book also refuses to conform to conventional novelistic style.

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They have a novelistic drive to them in which all of that research is integrated in a powerful and sustaining way.

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He tried to brand what he was doing—calling it a "novelistic chronicle," or an "expanded view of the memoir form."

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The narrative of House of Cards, itself based on a novel by Michael Dobbs, is largely dependent on a novelistic structure.

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He admired Tom Wolfe, and he had shockingly grand, novelistic aspirations of capturing full men.

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You, now—the best things you have done are altogether in conflict with novelistic conventionalities.

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As far as the smart point of view goes, I couldn't do anything better than go in for the studio, or novelistic business.

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In short, his place is unique, apart from the normal lines of novelistic development.

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This, I take it, is the novelistic imagination of which we hear so much.

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It was a pen name devised by the feminine member of the novelistic firm.

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