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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Narrative \Nar"ra*tive\, adjective [Cf. F. narratif.]
1. Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction.
2. Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous.
But wise through time, and narrative with age. --Pope.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Narrative \Nar"ra*tive\, noun That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story.
Cyntio was much taken with my narrative. --Tatler.
Syn: Account; recital; rehearsal; relation; narration; story; tale. See {Account}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
narrative
adjective: consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story; "narrative poetry"
noun: a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children" [syn: {narration}, {story}, {tale}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "narrative": Alcaic, Anacreontic, Castalian, Homeric, Hudibrastic, Pierian, Pindaric, Theocritean, account, anecdotage, anecdotal, anecdote, anecdotic, bardic, bucolic, chronicle, chronicling, description, didactic, dithyrambic, dramatic, eclogic, elegiac, epic, epos, heroic, history, idyllic, mock-heroic, narration, narrational, pastoral, poetic, poetico-mystical, poetico-mythological, poetico-philosophic, poetlike, portrayal, recital, record, recountal, recounting, rehearsal, relation, report, retelling, revelation, review, rhapsodic, runic, saga, sapphic, skaldic, statement, storied, storified, story, tale, tale-telling, telling, version, yarn, yarn spinning
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