Meaning of LITERARY
| Pronunciation: | | 'litu`reree
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | formal, literate, well-written |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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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