E*pis"to*la*ry (?), a. [L. epistolaris, fr. epistola: cf. F. 'epistolaire.]
1.
Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style.
2.
Contained in letters; carried on by letters.
"
Epistolary correspondence."
Addison.
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