Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EPISODIC, EPISODICAL

a.Pertaining to an episode; contained in an episode or digression.

 

EPISODICALLY

adv. By way of episode.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EPISODIC; EPISODICAL

Ep `i *so "dic, Ep `i *so "dic *al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. épisodique. See Episode. ]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to an episode; adventitious. -- Ep `i *so "dic *al *ly, adv. Such a figure as Jacob Brattle, purely episodical though it be, is an excellent English portrait. H. James.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

episodic

ep i sod ic |ˌepəˈsädik ˈˌɛpəˈˌsɑdɪk | ▶adjective containing or consisting of a series of loosely connected parts or events: an episodic narrative. • occurring occasionally and at irregular intervals: volcanic activity is highly episodic in nature. • (of a television or radio program or magazine story ) broadcast or published as a series of installments. DERIVATIVES ep i sod i cal ly |-(ə )lē |adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

episodic

episodic |ˌɛpɪˈsɒdɪk | ▶adjective 1 containing or consisting of a series of separate parts or events: an episodic narrative. • occurring occasionally and at irregular intervals: volcanic activity is highly episodic in nature. 2 (of a programme or story ) broadcast or published as a series of instalments. DERIVATIVES episodically adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

episodic

episodic adjective 1 episodic wheezing: intermittent, sporadic, periodic, fitful, irregular, spasmodic, occasional. ANTONYMS continuous. 2 an episodic account of the war: in episodes, in installments, in sections, in parts.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

episodic

episodic adjective 1 episodic wheezing: intermittent, irregular, sporadic, periodic, fitful, spasmodic, occasional; uneven, scattered, patchy, on and off, on again and off again, in fits and starts. ANTONYMS continuous. 2 the film is an episodic account of how a group of people had been affected by the war: in episodes, in instalments, in sections, in parts.

 

Spanish Dictionary

episódicamente

episódicamente adverbio Por episodios, sin continuidad en el tiempo :aunque escribía episódicamente desde el principio de su juventud, su primera novela la escribió muy tarde .

 

episódico, -ca

episódico, -ca adjetivo 1 Del episodio o relacionado con él :la estructura episódica de una narración .2 Que carece de periodicidad o continuidad y por tanto no tiene consecuencias importantes :el gobernador calificó de meramente episódicos los disturbios producidos en la ciudad .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

episodic

ep i sod ic /èpɪsɑ́dɪk |-sɔ́d -/形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 時たまの, 散発的な, 間欠的な (periodic ).2 挿話的な, 挿話の ; まとまりの悪い, さまざまな .è p i s ó d i cal ly /-k (ə )li /副詞