Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of narrative; consisting of narrative.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Giving an account of events; narrative.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to a
narrator and/ornarration .
Etymologies
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Examples
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His stories always ran up to a psychological climax; but this was always disguised by the best narratory tricks.
Angel Island Inez Haynes Gillmore 1921
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Therefore, dear reader, I trust that, far from attaching to my history the character of impudent boasting, you will find in my Memoirs only the characteristic proper to a general confession, and that my narratory style will be the manner neither of a repenting sinner, nor of a man ashamed to acknowledge his frolics.
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Therefore, dear reader, I trust that, far from attaching to my history the character of impudent boasting, you will find in my Memoirs only the characteristic proper to a general confession, and that my narratory style will be the manner neither of a repenting sinner, nor of a man ashamed to acknowledge his frolics.
Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 01: Childhood Giacomo Casanova 1761
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Therefore, dear reader, I trust that, far from attaching to my history the character of impudent boasting, you will find in my Memoirs only the characteristic proper to a general confession, and that my narratory style will be the manner neither of a repenting sinner, nor of a man ashamed to acknowledge his frolics.
The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761
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