narratorly

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English

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Etymology

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From narrator +‎ -ly.

Adjective

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narratorly (comparative more narratorly, superlative most narratorly)

  1. In the style of a narrator.
    • 2009 May 6, Neil Genzlinger, “A Return to a Bloody Era, With a Cast of Stand-Ins”, in New York Times[1]:
      But it chooses dramatic re-creation to deliver much of its material: actors portraying Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt and their various lieutenants stride into meetings, have whispered conversations and so on, with a narrator propelling the tale along in that overwrought narratorly voice so popular in such programs.