epistolary

Adjective

1. written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence; “an endless sequence of epistolary love affairs”; “the epistolatory novel”
   
   • Synonyms
     
     • epistolatory
   • Similar to
     
     • informal
   • Related
     
     • epistle

• epistolary – LookUp

Adjective

1. Literature (of a literary work) in the form of letters
   an epistolary novel

Literary relating to the writing of letters.

Origin

mid 17th century: from French épistolaire or Latin epistolaris, from epistola (see epistle)