Strunkian

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adjective

Of or relating to William Strunk, Jr. or his Elements of Style (1920), a famous prescriptive writing-style guide.

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Meanings

adjectiveStrunkian (comparative more Strunkian, superlative most Strunkian)

comparative more Strunkian · superlative most Strunkian

  1. Of or relating to William Strunk, Jr. or his Elements of Style (1920), a famous prescriptive writing-style guide.

    However, the above passage could have been written more efficiently — if Strunkian concision, using the fewest words possible, is understood as the measure of verbal efficiency.

    2020, Victoria Rosner, Machines for Living: Modernism and Domestic Life, page 62

Origin

From Strunk + -ian.

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APA

Strunkian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Strunkian

MLA

“Strunkian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Strunkian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Strunkian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Strunkian.

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