Usage examples (25)

• “The culture has become very journalistic, as opposed to one that was belletristic,” she said.
• The belletristic form to which The Spectator belongs is integral to implementing this future for philosophy.
• If by poetry one means belletristic poetry it is clear that the world production will continue to grow excessively.
• Her belletristic analysis of bin Laden as "the American president's dark doppelganger" crosses over into Sillyville.