epistolarilyadv.

Brit.

/ᵻˈpɪstəl(ə)rᵻli/,

/ᵻˈpɪstl̩(ə)rᵻli/, U.S.

/ᵻˌpɪstəˈlɛrəli/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: epistolary adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < epistolary adj. + -ly suffix². Compare earlier epistolarly adv.

Chiefly literary.

In an epistolary manner, by letter.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > letter > [adverb]

missively1641

note-wise1678

epistolarly1693

epistolarily1830

1830 J. Bentham Constit. Code I. ix. 509 The evidence, epistolarily, to be elicited: for the extraction of it, the evidence-holder subjected to the obligation of furnishing more or less lengthy written answers, to correspondently long strings of questions.

1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. iii. 28 Our friendship (carried on epistolarily as it has been).

1967 Midcontinent Amer. Stud. Jrnl. 8 46 Thayer epistolarily apologized late in 1920 for his caution as editor.

2001 Guardian 17 Mar. (Weekend Suppl.) 65/1 Ever since I began this column, I have been..epistolarily energised by readers who fall..into two camps.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	epistolarily
释义	epistolarilyadv. Brit. /ᵻˈpɪstəl(ə)rᵻli/, /ᵻˈpɪstl̩(ə)rᵻli/, U.S. /ᵻˌpɪstəˈlɛrəli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: epistolary adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < epistolary adj. + -ly suffix². Compare earlier epistolarly adv. Chiefly literary. In an epistolary manner, by letter. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [adverb] missively1641 note-wise1678 epistolarly1693 epistolarily1830 1830 J. Bentham Constit. Code I. ix. 509 The evidence, epistolarily, to be elicited: for the extraction of it, the evidence-holder subjected to the obligation of furnishing more or less lengthy written answers, to correspondently long strings of questions. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. iii. 28 Our friendship (carried on epistolarily as it has been). 1967 Midcontinent Amer. Stud. Jrnl. 8 46 Thayer epistolarily apologized late in 1920 for his caution as editor. 2001 Guardian 17 Mar. (Weekend Suppl.) 65/1 Ever since I began this column, I have been..epistolarily energised by readers who fall..into two camps. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1830
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