a. [f. SUB-EDITOR + -IAL.] Pertaining to a sub-editor or sub-editorship.
1837. Carlyle, Fr. Rev., II. I. iv. While Tallien worked sedentary at the sub-editorial desk.
1850. Thackeray, Pendennis, xxxiv. In a masterly manner he had pointed out what should be the sub-editorial arrangements of the paper.
1905. Athenæum, 30 Sept., 437/2. The dry data were … set out skillully enough in sub-editorial fashion.
