1. having the characteristics or qualities of a novel; resembling fiction in style or approach

Examples

• The biography was written in a novelistic style that made it read like fiction.
• Her novelistic approach to history brought the past to life.
• The memoir had a novelistic quality with its vivid character descriptions.
• Critics praised the novelistic elements in his documentary film.
• The journalist’s novelistic writing style made the news story compelling.
• The author’s novelistic imagination transformed ordinary events into drama.