essayistic

essayistic
\\| ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷|istik\ adjective
: of or relating to an essay or an essayist : like an essay in quality or character: as

brief essayistic statements of overtly moral intent cannot adequately suggest the interplay of emotional struggles — Carl Benson

the solid essayistic style of a historian — Helmut Schoeck

b. : more informal, discursive, or personal in its exposition of an idea than a dissertation or treatise

the approach is neither philosophical nor purely historical, but essayistic — Alfred Neumeyer

c. : like a piece of formal exposition

all this is kept from seeming too essayistic by the high spirits of the author, the piquant element of caricature with which he flavors his personages, and a complicating twist given to the main character — F.C.Flint


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