Postscript
['pəʊs(t)skrɪpt] or ['postskrɪpt]
Definition
(n.) A paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer; an addition made to a book or composition after the main body of the work has been finished, containing something omitted, or something new occurring to the writer.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Appendix, supplement, CODICIL.
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Definition
n. a part added to a letter after the signature: an addition to a book after it is finished.—adj. Post′scriptal.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
The only thing readable in a woman's letter.
Typist: Meg
Examples
- Edmund's letter had this postscript. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Our stopping to change horses as I came to his postscript drove it out of my memory. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The postscript, expressed in these terms, was shown to Miss Halcombe when she arrived at Limmeridge. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In a postscript it was entreated that Miss Helstone might not be left alone at the rectory. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- According to Mr Meggens {Postscript to the Universal Merchant p. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I have taken the liberty of calling upon you, Mr Twemlow, to add a sort of postscript to what I said that day. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- All the necessary instructions for my journey were carefully and clearly added in a postscript. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In a postscript she was urged to put on her bonnet and run down directly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The postscript is, therefore, to be found in few copies; it corrects several errors in the book. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This was the first part of the postscript. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She made George write to him constantly and persisted in sending Mamma's kind love in a postscript. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This postscript was not printed till 1756, three years after the publication of the book, which has never had a second edition. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It added in a postscript that I would not be many hours from Ada. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Amy's face was full of trouble, but she only said, Don't people put sort of postscripts to their wills, sometimes? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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