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Literary

Literary Meaning & Definition
Literary Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Literary?

[adj] appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing; "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style"
[adj] knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style"
[adj] of or relating to or dealing with good literature; "literary criticism"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Literary: formal | literate | well-written

Related Terms | Find terms related to Literary: academic | belletristic | bibliophagic | bluestocking | book-fed | bookish | book-learned | book-loving | book-minded | book-read | book-wise | booky | classical | cultivated | cultured | donnish | educated | erudite | formal | inkhorn | learned | lettered | literate | pedantic | refined | scholarly | scholastic | well-read | written

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Literary In Webster's Dictionary

\Lit"er*a*ry\, a. [L. litterarius, literarius,fr. littera, litera, a letter: cf. F. litt['e]raire. See {Letter}.] 1. Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation. He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit. --Johnson. 2. Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man. In the literary as well as fashionable world. --Mason. {Literary property}. (a) Property which consists in written or printed compositions. (b) The exclusive right of publication as recognized and limited by law.

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