belletristic

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From belletrist +‎ -ic.

belletristic (comparative more belletristic, superlative most belletristic)

Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of belles-lettres
- 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, p. 229:
  
  The guest list was a roll call of belletristic London.
Written or appreciated for aesthetic value rather than content
- 1992, Isaac Bashevis Singer (Translated by Leonard Wolf), The Certificate, Farrar Straus Giroux, page 1:
  
  I had already concluded that not one of my writings was publishable, having myself analyzed the faults of my belletristic production.