Missive
noun
A written message, particularly a formal letter.
The king sent a missive to the neighboring country proposing peace.
Often appears as...
- sent a missive
- received a missive
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Literary
noun
A written message, particularly a formal letter.
The king sent a missive to the neighboring country proposing peace.
Often appears as...
- sent a missive
- received a missive
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Literary
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Flavor
Typically used to give a historical or old-fashioned touch to writing.
The play's character sighed as she penned a heartfelt missive to her distant love.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Correspondence
Often signifies a formal, important, or official communication between parties.
The dean's office issued a missive detailing the new university policies.
Pro Tip 3/3Serious Content
Indicates content that is serious, perhaps carrying significant information or directives.
The company circulated a missive about the upcoming merger.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Flavor
Typically used to give a historical or old-fashioned touch to writing.
The play's character sighed as she penned a heartfelt missive to her distant love.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Correspondence
Often signifies a formal, important, or official communication between parties.
The dean's office issued a missive detailing the new university policies.
Pro Tip 3/3Serious Content
Indicates content that is serious, perhaps carrying significant information or directives.
The company circulated a missive about the upcoming merger.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Flavor
Typically used to give a historical or old-fashioned touch to writing.
The play's character sighed as she penned a heartfelt missive to her distant love.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Correspondence
Often signifies a formal, important, or official communication between parties.
The dean's office issued a missive detailing the new university policies.
Pro Tip 3/3Serious Content
Indicates content that is serious, perhaps carrying significant information or directives.
The company circulated a missive about the upcoming merger.
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How Braille was invented...
can be deadly for the recipient. Lighting a candle to read the missive can give away their positions to the enemy. In a moment of vision, Barbier pokes a series of holes into a sheet of a paper with his blade,
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A Reckoning in Tulsa PIPE...
prominent oklahoma attorney buck c franklin father of noted historian john hope franklin wrote a harrowing eyewitness account of the event the yellowed 10-page missive is now held
Video examples
How Braille was invented...
can be deadly for the recipient. Lighting a candle to read the missive can give away their positions to the enemy. In a moment of vision, Barbier pokes a series of holes into a sheet of a paper with his blade,
Video examples
A Reckoning in Tulsa PIPE...
prominent oklahoma attorney buck c franklin father of noted historian john hope franklin wrote a harrowing eyewitness account of the event the yellowed 10-page missive is now held
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Simon Hoggart
British Journalist
Kind 'Guardian' readers have been forwarding me round robin Christmas newsletters for years now: lengthy missives full of perfect children, exotic holidays, talented pets and endless, tedious detail. The notes that accompanied them revealed they had inspired in the original recipients everything from mild irritation to absolute rage.
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Carl Bernstein
American Journalist
In the John Paul II days, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had the advantage of staying in his cupboard - the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - exchanging views only with the Pope, and speaking publicly only through carefully written missives on doctrinal issues.
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William Safire
American Author
When infuriated by an outrageous column, do not be suckered into responding with an abusive e-mail. Pundits so targeted thumb through these red-faced electronic missives with delight, saying 'Hah! Got to 'em.
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Rachel Sklar
Canadian Lawyer
Emily Gannett is tireless. I know this because I have traded emails with her at 2 A.M. only to later wake blearily to a chipper morning missive sent south of 6 A.M. before her morning run.
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Ava DuVernay
American Director
I don't understand the iPhone. I just don't get it. Don't ya'll have to write serious emails throughout the day? How can you possibly manage detailed missives on a phone with no keys?
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Tim Wise
American Activist
As a writer, there are times when you have something to say, and yet no particular 'hook' upon which to hang the missive you are burning to release.
Quote examples
Simon Hoggart
British Journalist
Kind 'Guardian' readers have been forwarding me round robin Christmas newsletters for years now: lengthy missives full of perfect children, exotic holidays, talented pets and endless, tedious detail. The notes that accompanied them revealed they had inspired in the original recipients everything from mild irritation to absolute rage.
Quote examples
Carl Bernstein
American Journalist
In the John Paul II days, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had the advantage of staying in his cupboard - the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - exchanging views only with the Pope, and speaking publicly only through carefully written missives on doctrinal issues.
Quote examples
William Safire
American Author
When infuriated by an outrageous column, do not be suckered into responding with an abusive e-mail. Pundits so targeted thumb through these red-faced electronic missives with delight, saying 'Hah! Got to 'em.
Quote examples
Rachel Sklar
Canadian Lawyer
Emily Gannett is tireless. I know this because I have traded emails with her at 2 A.M. only to later wake blearily to a chipper morning missive sent south of 6 A.M. before her morning run.
Quote examples
Ava DuVernay
American Director
I don't understand the iPhone. I just don't get it. Don't ya'll have to write serious emails throughout the day? How can you possibly manage detailed missives on a phone with no keys?
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Tim Wise
American Activist
As a writer, there are times when you have something to say, and yet no particular 'hook' upon which to hang the missive you are burning to release.
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