a. Also essaical. [f. as prec. + -IC + -AL.] Of the nature of an essay.
1860. Dickens, Lett., 25 Sept. Remarks … a little too essayical for this purpose.
1875. F. Arnold, Our Bishops & Deans, I. 21. The idea was that a sermon should be made brief, dry, essaical, moral or mystical.
