It looks like 'novelistically' and 'novelly' are both correct. I'm sure there must be some subtleties in their usage. Can someone please suggest when to use which form?
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More than subtleties; they have different meanings, one from the noun (a work of fiction) and one from the adjective (new). Did your dictionary not tell you this?– Kate BuntingCommented Sep 15, 2021 at 12:07
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@Kate Sorry, I has just done a Google search, and carelessly perhaps. My bad...– RanjanCommented Sep 15, 2021 at 12:30
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Maybe you're mixing up two things here: There's the adjective "novel", which has a similar meaning to "new". On the other hand, there's the noun "novel", which means a type of narrative fiction. In connection to the noun "novel", there's the adjective "novelistical".
"novelly" is the adverb form of the adjective "novel". "novelistically" is the adverb form of the adjective "novelistical".
He wrote his speech novelly. -> He wrote his speech in a new / novel way.
He wrote his speech novelistically. -> He wrote his speed in a way somehow connected to a novel.
But in my experience, neither "novelly" nor "novelistically" is very common in every day use. I don't remember running across them in the last few decades ;)
answered Sep 15, 2021 at 12:08
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No, I had to check that novelly was indeed a real word. Commented Sep 15, 2021 at 12:34