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dickensian | dickensianly |

As an adjective Dickensian

is of or pertaining to Charles Dickens or, especially, his writings.

As a noun Dickensian

is a person who studies or admires the works of Charles Dickens.

As an adverb Dickensianly is

in a Dickensian way.

dickensian

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to or, especially, his writings.
  • Reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens' writings, such as poverty and social injustice and other aspects of Victorian England.
  • * 1987 , Cecil D Eby, The road to Armageddon
    • As though in expiation of their sires' wealth, schoolboys often had to live in conditions that would have disgraced a Dickensian workhouse.
  • * 2001 , Tim Moore, Frost on My Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer
    • By the time I pressed a huge and over-polished brass bell I'd devolved into a shifty-eyed, cinder-cheeked Dickensian urchin...
  • * 2004 , William Sloane Coffin, A Passion for the Possible: A Message to U.S. Churches
    • ...a Dickensian world of wretched excess and wretched despair...

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who studies or admires the works of (Charles Dickens).

    • dickensianly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a Dickensian way.