sonnetaryadj.
/ˈsɒnᵻt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈsɑnəˌtɛri/ Somewhat rare.
Of, relating to, or expressed in sonnets.
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1877 Scribner's Monthly 15 211/2 Two of the ten violate Italian sonnetary laws.
1892 Cent. Mag. May 144/1 The sonnetary sorrows of a blighted lover!
1996 R. S. Edgecombe Two Poets Oxf. Movement: John Keble & John Henry Newman iv. 179 The poem is cast in sonnetary form.
2012 A. Gillis in A. Gillis & F. Brearton Oxf. Handbk. of Irish Poetry xxxv. 568 The challenging and changing sonnetary accomplishments of Muldoon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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