Definition of Novelish

1. Adjective. Resembling or characteristic of a novel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Novelish

1. somewhat like a novel [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Novelish

novel
novel human deoxyribonuclease
noveldom
noveldoms
novelese
noveleses
novelesque
novelette
novelettes
novelettish
novelisation
novelisations
novelise
novelised
novelises
novelish (current term)
novelising
novelism
novelisms
novelist
novelistic
novelistically
novelists
novelization
novelizations
novelize
novelized
novelizer
novelizers
novelizes

Literary usage of Novelish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1869)
"... deferred to a second part the novelish termination, and we defy any child to anticipate that Laura is there married to the converted Peter Gray. ..."

2. Handley Cross by Robert Smith Surtees (1903)
"Fool!" ejaculated Mrs. Jorrocks; " that's the way all gals talk !—got your 'ead stuffed full of boardin'-school, novelish nonsense." " I want no better! ..."

3. Literary Reminiscences: From The Autobiography of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey (1851)
"The place, spite of its slipshod novelish name, which might have led one to expect a corresponding style of tinsel finery, and a display of childish ..."

4. Why Europe Leaves Home: A True Account of the Reasons which Cause Central by Kenneth Lewis Roberts (1922)
"It was quite dime-novelish; and the feelings of the other diners were so pronounced and so apparent that the Soviet representatives left early and didn't ..."

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