biographical

adjective

bio·graph·i·cal ˌbī-ə-ˈgra-fi-kəl

variants or less commonly biographic

ˌbī-ə-ˈgra-fik

: of, relating to, or constituting biography

: consisting of biographies

a biographical dictionary

: relating to a list briefly identifying persons

biographical notes

biographically

ˌbī-ə-ˈgra-fi-k(ə-)lē

adverb

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His obituary ran in the New York Times in September 1956, which means she would have been born in 1944, a year cited in early biographical references. —

Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024 Now Obama mostly stuck to the biographical data points that Harris has used to talk about herself. —

Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024 The film is a biographical comedy recounting the life and successes of entrepreneur Joy Mangano, and Lawrence plays the matriarch of the business family. —

Sara Belcher, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024 Not all movies benefit from biographical readings, but this insight really unlocks Goodrich, which feels like the midpoint of working through something in therapy. —

Alison Willmore, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for biographical