episodic
adjective
ep·i·sod·ic
ˌe-pə-ˈsä-dik 
also
-ˈzä-
variants
or less commonly episodical
ˌe-pə-ˈsä-di-kəl
also -ˈzä-
1
: made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes
2
: having the form of an episode
3
: of or limited in duration or significance to a particular episode : temporary
may be able to establish whether the sea-floor spreading is continuous or episodic—
A. I. Hammond
A. I. Hammond4
: occurring, appearing, or changing at usually irregular intervals : occasional
an episodic illness
Examples of episodic in a Sentence
the long novel was filmed for television as an episodic movie that was shown over the course of five evenings
malaria is characterized by episodic attacks of chills and fever that coincide with mass destruction of blood cells
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Roberts garnered her first Oscar nomination for this tender, episodic comedy-drama about several generations of women in a small Louisiana town, bonding around a local beauty parlor run by Dolly Parton.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
The eight-episode first season has an easily accessible episodic structure courtesy of the duration of basic training.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
Emma Barrie, Aida Rodgers, Max Silvestri, and Lorene Scafaria also executive produce, with episodic directors on the series including Sennott herself, plus Lorene Scafaria, Bill Benz, and Kevin Bray.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025
However, this profile was also characterized by worse emotional recognition, the ability to identify others’ emotions, and visual episodic memory, the ability to vividly recall past experiences.
—Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
The eight-episode first season has an easily accessible episodic structure courtesy of the duration of basic training.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
Emma Barrie, Aida Rodgers, Max Silvestri, and Lorene Scafaria also executive produce, with episodic directors on the series including Sennott herself, plus Lorene Scafaria, Bill Benz, and Kevin Bray.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025
However, this profile was also characterized by worse emotional recognition, the ability to identify others’ emotions, and visual episodic memory, the ability to vividly recall past experiences.
—Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for episodic
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“Episodic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/episodic. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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