Essaylike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of an essay.

    "He championed the essaylike novel mainly because Tanizaki appeared to overpraise the novel that had an interesting story to tell."

Example

More examples

"He championed the essaylike novel mainly because Tanizaki appeared to overpraise the novel that had an interesting story to tell."

Etymology

From essay + -like.

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