belletristic

adjective

variants also belle-lettristic
Definition of belletristicnext
as in literary

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belletristic
  1. literary
  2. declamatory
  3. bombastic
  4. scholastic
  5. pompous
  6. florid
  7. stilted
  8. flowery
Adjective
  • And while listeners may leave the podcast with new literary insights, Breyer and Streich insist their primary goal is to make people laugh—sometimes at them rather than with them.
    Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Eve Babitz’s diary-like letters provide a window into her fellow literary titan, Joan Didion. 5.
    The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of literary
Adjective
  • But there’s nothing boring in Coppola’s realization of this culminating drama, and none in Driver’s declamatory enthusiasm.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The main theme, a declamatory seven-note figure, later becomes the basis for a fantastical cadenza on vibraphone, played poetically by Yeh.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2024
Definition of declamatory
Adjective
  • Since then, though, it’s been one injury after another for one of the NFL’s most bold and bombastic players.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • But even without such a bombastic story, the performances by Foster and Reis would be enough to keep your eyes glued to the screen.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of bombastic
Adjective
  • Starting this scholastic year, the program is donating 175,000 euros to institutions located in the U.S. and U.K. Plans are afoot to expand globally in the future.
    Jennifer Weil, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Public health, the work of public health cannot be principally scholastic.
    Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
Definition of scholastic
Adjective
  • The disapproval is exemplified by a pompous New Yorker interviewed on the street by young fans.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Bonneville, as the ineffectually pompous Mr. Brown, always gives the impression of having a whale of a time.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of pompous
Adjective
  • Each episode is narrated by a different main character, and the voiceovers are florid and metaphor-driven — so much talk of ghosts, so few actual ghosts.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
  • And yes, the dialogue and atmosphere is exceedingly florid, courting camp if not crossing that line altogether.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of florid
Adjective
  • So much more whimsical and memorable than a stilted 15-person sit-down dinner at one of those restaurants where a cheeseburger costs $27.
    Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The videos are often eerily lifelike, capturing Mr. Musk’s iconic stilted cadence and South African accent.
    Stuart A. Thompson, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2024
Definition of stilted
Adjective
  • Boots in the boudoir Spring/summer 2025 is going to be full of flowery feminine prints and floaty blouses and skirts if the Paris runway shows that end Tuesday are anything to go by.
    Jason Ma, Fortune Europe, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The album had a flowery psychedelic cover and was widely advertised in New York and California.
    James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2023
Definition of flowery
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