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Chekhovian

Chekhovian adjective: of or pertaining to Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) or his writings.

Adjective

Chekhovian (comparative more Chekhovian, superlative most Chekhovian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) or his writings.
    • The structure of society in which the wealthy intelligentsia are sustained by armies of serfs and pontificate over the politics of Tsarist Russia only serves to reinforce the Chekhovian imagery.2016, Nigel Purse, Tom Stoppard’s Plays: Patterns of Plenitude and Parsimony, BRILL, →ISBN, page 537

Forms of Chekhovian

comparativemore Chekhovian
superlativemost Chekhovian

Origin of Chekhovian

From Chekhov + -ian.

Questions about Chekhovian

What does Chekhovian mean?
Chekhovian means of or pertaining to Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) or his writings.
What part of speech is Chekhovian?
Chekhovian is an adjective.

Words near Chekhovian in the dictionary

  1. Chekenian
  2. Chekenians
  3. Chekhov
  4. Chekhov's gun
  5. Chekhova
  6. Chekhovian
  7. chekhovichite
  8. Chekhovo
  9. cheki
  10. Chekiang
  11. Chekiangese

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