Words similar to encyclopedic
Example sentences for: encyclopedic
How can you use “encyclopedic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
After all, it looks anything but silly--it seems knowledgeable and encyclopedic, and is written in a tone of high seriousness.
His "encyclopedic" press conference (Mark Shields, NewsHour With Jim Lehrer ) was Issue 1, his midweek cancellation of the deadline for U.S. troop withdrawal from Bosnia was Issue 2, and his disarming chat at the White House with conservative critics of affirmative action ranked as Issue 3.
But the purpose of such entries is linguistic rather than encyclopedic: they are there to show how they are pronounced or how their form differs in different languages:
The Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary
Dwelly set out to compile the Gaelic from all earlier dictionaries and was very successful in an encyclopedic effort; but the work would have been more useful had it an English-to-Gaelic section and provided some etymological clues as to meaning.