| Deep emotion, pathos, and laughter through tears are all hallmarks of the Chekhovian oeuvre. |
| His fiction aspired to, and often achieved, a Chekhovian mixture of comic concision and pathos. |
| Chekhovian memories also abound, adding cobwebs to the old manse in Ballybeg in and outside of which most of the action seethes. |
| So now I'm bogarting a hundred camels for my wannabe Chekhovian slices-of-life film? |
| There are Chekhovian echoes in its depiction of a way of life about to pass into oblivion. |
| She has been called Chekhovian in that she writes the comedy of ironic twists and hidden intentions. |
