missive
a written message; letter.
sent or about to be sent, especially of a letter from an official source.
Origin of missive
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How to use missive in a sentence
Her missives on Deadline.com have an ALL CAPS LOCK tenor, even when they are typed normally.
Deadline Hollywood Editor in Chief Nikki Finke’s 8 Greatest Freakouts | Tricia Romano | June 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMatthew Walther on the missives of Frederic Raphael and Joseph Epstein.
Her daily missives chronicle the longing and insecurity that often befall long-distance relationships and eventual breakups.
In more than 45 years, the Banks brothers exchanged hundreds of missives.
Letter Writing in the Digital Age: Emails and Correspondence of Russell Banks & Others | Megan Barnard | October 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTNot at Politwoops, where a horde of ill-considered missives live to see another day.
At Politwoops, Washington’s Deleted Tweets Come Back From the Dead | Michael Ames | June 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
He found her in the music-room, with several of the little Marconi missives spread out before her, and she cut him dead.
The Double Four | E. Phillips OppenheimMany a time have I seen these interesting little missives being let down past my balcony—how trustful the innocents were!
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. StreetOn heavily-crested stationery follow the missives of the ladies whose daughters would make sweet bridesmaids.
With Edged Tools | Henry Seton MerrimanSuch a collection of reproduced missives betokened the carefulness and preparedness of the possessor.
William Bradford of Plymouth | Albert Hale PlumbThe Queen apparently accepted his offer, and wrote to him little gilt-edged missives mysteriously worded and of loving import.
Stories about Famous Precious Stones | Mrs Goddard Orpen
British Dictionary definitions for missive
/ (ˈmɪsɪv) /
a formal or official letter
a formal word for letter
rare sent or intended to be sent
Origin of missive
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