literary
English
Etymology
From French littéraire.
Pronunciation
- (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈlɪtəɹəɹi/, /ˈlɪt(ə)ɹi/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈlɪtəɹɛ(ə)ɹi/, [ˈɫɪɾəɹɛ(ə)ɹi]
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Adjective
literary (comparative more literary, superlative most literary)
- Relating to literature.
- literary fame
- a literary history
- literary conversation
- Johnson
- He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit.
- Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
- a literary man
- Mason
- in the literary as well as fashionable world
- Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
- Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
- Bookish.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
- literary criticism
- literary device
- literary form
- literary genre
- literary technique
- literary theory
Related terms
Translations
relating to literature
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relating to writers, or the profession of literature
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knowledgeable of literature or writing
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appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
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bookish — see bookish
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Further reading
- literary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- literary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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