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Etymology edit

essay +‎ -like

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essaylike (comparative more essaylike, superlative most essaylike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an essay.
    • 1976, Makoto Ueda, Modern Japanese writers and the nature of literature:
      He championed the essaylike novel mainly because Tanizaki appeared to overpraise the novel that had an interesting story to tell.

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