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Episodic

adjective

Of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes.

Occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals. Synonym: occasional. "Occasional headaches"

Limited in duration to a single episode.

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"Episodic" Quotes from Famous Books

... it appears objectively more pernicious than the lying, but it is an expression of the same tendency. The most striking form of this type of conduct is, of course, self-accusation. Mendacious self- impeachment seems especially convincing of abnormality. Such falsification not infrequently is episodic. ...

— Pathology of Lying, Etc. • William and Mary Healy

... governed by such thoughts, he began his career as a man of letters anew. But his progress was slow and uncertain. In 1887 he published in Conrad's Gesellschaft an episodic story, Bahnwaerter Thiel, weak in narrative technique and obviously inspired by Zola. Even the sudden expansion of human characters into demonic symbols of their ruling passions is imitated. The medium clearly irked him and gave him no opportunity for personal expression. ...

— The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann - Volume I • Gerhart Hauptmann

... solemnity one smiles at, but not his idea. Nuptial Love? Very good. The possibilities of episodic love have been hotly explored, its rights have been defended, its spiritual joys have been sung. But Nuptial Love, our queer breed of humans, inconstant at heart, believes to be a tame thing by contrast: nearly all anti-climax. There are ...

— The Crow's Nest • Clarence Day, Jr.

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