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belletristical

belletristical is the alternative form of belletristic.

Meaning of belletristic

Adjective

belletristic (comparative more belletristic, superlative most belletristic)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of belles-lettres.
    • […] if they do not owe their allegiance to shamanism or Buddhism, then most surely they commit themselves to some perverse form of Confucianism or belletristic foolishness.1986, Aizawa Seishisai (Translated by Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi), Anti-Foreignism and Western Learning in Early-Modern Japan: The New Theses of 1825, Harvard University Press, page 169
  2. Written or appreciated for aesthetic value rather than content
    • I had already concluded that not one of my writings was publishable, having myself analyzed the faults of my belletristic production.1992, Isaac Bashevis Singer (Translated by Leonard Wolf), The Certificate, Farrar Straus Giroux, page 1

Forms of belletristical

comparativemore belletristical
superlativemost belletristical

Questions about belletristical

What is belletristical the alternative form of?
Belletristical is the alternative form of belletristic.

Words near belletristical in the dictionary

  1. belleter
  2. belleters
  3. belletrism
  4. belletrist
  5. belletristic
  6. belletristical
  7. belletristically
  8. belletrists
  9. bellettrist
  10. bellettrists
  11. Belleview

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