Biographical
[baɪə'græfɪk(ə)l] or [,baɪə'græfɪkl]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to biography; containing biography.
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Examples
- It is rich in biographical material. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In compliance with this custom--unquestionably a bad one--we subjoin a few biographical words, in relation to the party at Mr. Pickwick's assembled. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The biographical method is generally recommended as the natural mode of approach to historical study. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He mentioned the names and titles of all the guests, giving biographical sketches of the principal people. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Close at hand are two encyclop?dias, a dictionary, an atlas of the world, a biographical dictionary, and other books of reference. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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