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Authorly

Authorly \Au"thor*ly\, a. Authorial. [R.]
--Cowper.

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authorly

a. In the manner of an author.

Usage examples of "authorly".

I don't think readers always know how much people other than the writer add to books in terms of ideas, fixes, corrections, additions, and general wet-blanketing for authorly hysteria, and they should.

While standing there, he doesn't listen to the other folks and make surreptitious authorly notes about dialogue.

I was winding my way back through the aisles and half corridors when I saw the sign for mystery suspense and decided, in a moment of authorly vanity, to see how many of my books they had in stock.