Definition of Austenian
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of Jane Austen or her writings
- One of the reasons she is so readable is her Austenian talent for depicting domestic hypocrisies and drawing room cruelties.
- —Sandra Barwick, Evening Standard (London), 17 Jan. 1995
- … her impressions of the voyage and plantation life are described in genteel, if convoluted, Austenian prose.
- —Mustapha Marrouchi, College Literature, 22 Mar. 2010
