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US
/ˌɛpəˈsɑdɪk/
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[ UK /ˌɛpɪsˈɒdɪk/ ]
[ UK /ˌɛpɪsˈɒdɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes
the book is episodic and the incidents don't always hang together -
occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals
episodic in his affections
occasional headaches -
limited in duration to a single episode
an account concerned primarily with episodic events such as the succession of rulers
How To Use episodic In A Sentence
- Reputations aside, looking the part has certainly been integral to this almost episodic drama, at least as it's unfolded in the media.
- I am specially pleased with; the last being an episodical bogie story about the Bass Rock told there by the Keeper. Vailima Letters
- It specifically enhances episodic memory - the kind that lapses when you lose your car keys or can't remember where you parked the car. Times, Sunday Times
- The problem is especially serious for an episodic memory, which is a unique category that ties together a series of elements.
- The progression of the story is somewhat episodic, as is characteristic of many of Dickens' tales.
- And his episodic memory had gone entirely. Times, Sunday Times
- After laying down discrete patches of dark umber in grid formations, Briggs dragged an unloaded brush through the pigment, leaving behind episodic squiggles that vaguely resemble Chinese characters.
- Some phenomena will be periodic, some episodic/sporadic, and some may be solitonic one-time-happenstance. Underground Problems with Mann-Holes « Climate Audit
- Whilst the picaresque is certainly an excellent example of episodic narrative, it isn’t its only manifestation. What’s The Fuss About Episodic Fiction? « Tales from the Reading Room
- The close-knit dramas of family life thus necessarily give way to an episodic tale that lurches from one eccentric encounter to another. Times, Sunday Times