Literary Definition
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English
Etymology
From French littéraire.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
literary (comparative more literary, superlative most literary)
- Relating to literature.
- Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
- Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
- Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
- Bookish.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- literary criticism
- literary device
- literary form
- literary genre
- literary technique
- literary theory
Related terms
External links
- literary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- literary in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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