episodic

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Out 1 is not particularly episodic, and it's telling that the length of the chapters vary (the shortest is 70 minutes and the longest 105).

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  1. adjective Relating to or resembling an episode.
  2. adjective Composed of a series of episodes: an episodic novel.
  3. adjective Limited to the duration of an episode; temporary.

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  • "We've been finding that 'Season One' and 'Season Two', while an excellent way to message that our games are episodic, are kind of nondescript when you're browsing at the store," marketing coordinator Emily Morganti explained. —  Eurogamer
  • It'll most likely be episodic, and if so I'd be very hesitant to buy it for 1000 Points per episode, so I hope they put the Episodes at 500 or at least 800 if they're really greedy, especially since the Episodes seem quite short. —  Cubed3.com News
  • I say semi-episodic, because even though the stories really are pretty episodic, it doesn't start over at page 1 each time. —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
  • The once frequent sound of weapons has been reduced to episodic, and downtown shoppers have returned to outdoor markets - favored targets of car bombers. —  HERE, THERE AND BACK AGAIN - A Townhall.com user blog
  • It's episodic, and within that -- to take 22 minutes to write one scene with two people is so extraordinary with the writers. —  What's Alan Watching?
 

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  1. = French épisodique = Spanish episódico = Portuguese Italian episodico (cf. D. G. episodisch = Danish Swedish episodisk); as episode + -ic.
 

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/ɛpɪˈsɑdɪk/
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