episodic

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From episode + -ic. Compare French épisodique.

I call it an episode, because this affair, I make bold to say, is episodic; it is no part of any general scheme, however wild. — The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale, Joseph Conrad
The subtitle of the present book is An Underwater Tour of the World, so in good travelog style, the Nautilus’s exploits supply an episodic story line. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne
Presently it appears that the author's apparent episodic treatment of his substance has a special unity of its own woven around the spiritual relations of his heroes. — The best short stories of 1920, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown

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