[*** \mathrm{novel}^1] |ˈnävəl|

a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism:

(長編の)小説 (!短編小説はshort story)

e.g. the novels of Jane Austen

e.g. she was reading a paperback novel.

(the novel) the literary genre represented or exemplified by novels:

e.g. the novel is the most adaptable of all literary forms.

mid 16th century: from Italian novella (storia) ‘new (story)’, feminine of novello ‘new’, from Latin novellus, from novus ‘new’. The word is also found from late Middle English until the 18th century in the sense ‘a novelty, a piece of news’, from Old French novelle (see novel2).

[*** \mathrm{novel}^2] |ˈnävəl|

new or unusual in an interesting way:

〖通例名詞の前で〗斬新な, 革新［画期］的な, 目新しい〈方法･考えなど〉

e.g. he hit on a novel idea to solve his financial problems.

novelly adverb

late Middle English (in the sense ‘recent’): from Old French, from Latin novellus, from novus ‘new’.