postal

adjective

post·al | \ ˈpō-stᵊl

Definition of postal

1 : of or relating to the mails or the post office

2 : conducted by mail postal chess

3 : insanely or murderously violent —usually used in the phrase go postal

Examples of postal in a Sentence

Postal rates are going up. The city worked to quickly restore postal service.

Recent Examples on the Web

The way you two communicate — via email and now postal letter — is passive and one-sided. — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, "Wife hates husband's secret lingerie habit," 14 July 2018 Russian words for money (den’gi), treasury (kazna) and customs (tamozhnia) are all of Mongol-Turkic origin, and the Mongols’ system of yam postal relay networks became the backbone of the Russian empire. — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, "Russia’s Turn to Its Asian Past," 6 July 2018 Being a distribution expert in Singapore (whose former postal monopoly is now 14% owned by Alibaba) brings little insight into distributing packages throughout Indonesia’s 17,500 islands, say. — The Economist, "Chinese and US tech giants go at it in emerging markets," 5 July 2018 In 2014-15, the program shifted to a wholly online system, saving the agency more than $100,000 in printing and postal costs and making the system much more efficient. — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, "Lottery-like public program offers expanded Texas hunting opportunities," 30 June 2018 For the rest of the banking system — a hodgepodge of smaller commercial banks, postal savings banks and other savings institutions — the central bank’s move frees up $31 billion. — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, "China Moves to Shore Up Economy as Slowdown and Trade Fight Loom," 24 June 2018 Her father, who emigrated from Gort, a town in County Galway, worked in South Station for the Boston and Maine Railroad in the postal and mail departments. — Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, "Mary J. Kakas, 78, tireless philanthropist and fur company CEO," 4 June 2018 Thousands of Irish citizens living overseas traveled home to vote in the referendum, which did not have a postal vote option. — Time, "Irish Vote by Landslide to Repeal Abortion Ban, According to Exit Polls," 25 May 2018 He is also suspected of robbing a postal truck, police said. — Laura Mcknight, NOLA.com, "2nd man arrested in string of robberies at New Orleans restaurants," 23 May 2018

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