detectivaladj.
Of or relating to detectives or detective work; pertaining to detective fiction.
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detectival1919
detectional1930
1919 B. Caper Skeleton Key xix. 225 Sentiment could not be allowed to affect the detectival philosophy, or the Law became a dead letter.
1934 V. Starrett in ‘E. Queen’ Female of Species (1943) 213 He had no objections to playing chauffeur to Sally Cardiff..but her detectival activities set his back up.
1986 Daily Tel. 7 Nov. 15/5 It is now just 50 years since Inspector Appleby..burst upon the detectival scene in ‘Death at the President's Lodging’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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