stylographic

[ stahy-luh-graf-ik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a stylograph.
2. of, relating to, or used in stylography.

stylographic

/ ˌstaɪləˈɡræfɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to a stylograph or stylography

Derived Forms

• ˌstyloˈgraphically, adverb

Other Words From

• stylo·graphi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of stylographic¹

First recorded in 1800–10; stylo- ¹ + graphic

Example Sentences

For field memoranda I advise the use of a stylographic pen, as pencil is apt to rub and efface in time by the motions of the body.

From Project Gutenberg

Styl′ograph, a stylographic pen, a pencil-like pen from which ink is fed to a tubular writing-point through which runs a needle which when pressed on the paper releases the ink.—adj.

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A gold-mounted stylographic pen lay beside it, and she held between her fingers a little cunningly contrived silver key which she had just detached from her watch-chain.

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She looked at Stillford, who smiled back at her and drew from his pocket—a stylographic pen.

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For answer the legal man squared some foolscap sheets on a small table and produced a stylographic pen.

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