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reportorial

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rep⋅or⋅to⋅ri⋅al

  [rep-er-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-, ree-pawr-, -pohr-, -per-]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to a reporter.
2. of, noting, or characteristic of a report: His lecture was more reportorial than analytical.
Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; report(er) + -orial, by analogy with pairs such as tutor, tutorial

Related forms:
rep⋅or⋅to⋅ri⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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re·port·er   (rĭ-pôr'tər, -pōr'-)   
n.  

  1. A writer, investigator, or presenter of news stories.

  2. Law A person who is authorized to write and issue official accounts of judicial or legislative proceedings.

rep'or·to'ri·al (rěp'ər-tôr'ē-əl, -tōr'-, rē'pər-) adj., rep'or·to'ri·al·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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