The Collaborative International Dictionary
Belletristic \Bel`le*tris"tic\, Belletristical
\Bel`le*tris"tic*al\, a.
Occupied with, or pertaining to, belles-lettres. ``An
unlearned, belletristic trifler.''
--M. Arnold.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of belles-lettres 2 Written or appreciated for aesthetic value rather than content
WordNet
adj. written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content
Usage examples of "belletristic".
So, let us pan gently across the stage with our belletristic camera, and, shunning the holophrastic, cry havoc and let slip the doggerels of war.
Lincoln Child, truly the better half of our belletristic partnership, for his excellent and most insightful criticism of the manuscript.
One thing is an established fact: up to the close of the eighteenth century America had no belletristic literature.
In the past they used to skirt as closely as possible -- keeping in mind the practices of Soviet censorship -- the admissible limits of belletristic creativity.