narrativelyadv.
/ˈnarətᵻvli/, U.S. /ˈnɛrədəvli/ In a narrative manner, in or by means of a narrative; considered as a narrative.
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the mind > language > speech > narration > [adverb]
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > [adverb]
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in the first person1663
1629 T. Hobbes Life Thucydides in tr. Thucydides Eight Bks. Peloponnesian Warre sig. a 3 The grounds and motiues of euery action, he setteth down before the action it selfe, either Narratiuely, or else contriueth them into the forme of Deliberatiue Orations.
1651 J. F. tr. H. C. Agrippa Three Bks. Occult Philos. sig. Av, To Rdr. I have Writ many things, rather narratively then affirmatively.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 28 The words of all Judicial Acts are written Narratively.
1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 85 Not in the way of argument, but narratively.
1883 Church Times 7 Dec. 905/3 The details are historically valuable, but narratively dry.
1938 Public Opinion Q. 2 116 The Taunton moulders' case is herein treated narratively.
1999 S. L. Kasfir Contemp. Afr. Art vi. 168 A highly decorative, but also very structured composition, in which traditional life is ‘referenced’ but not narratively described.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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