About The Word Literary

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Literary

Literary Definition And Meaning |
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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 See Also | 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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