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literary

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Etymology

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FromFrenchlittéraire.

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literary (comparativemoreliterary,superlativemostliterary)

  1. Relating toliterature.
    literary fame
    aliterary history
    literary conversation
    • c.1768,Samuel Johnson,Preface to the Plays of William Shakespeare:
      He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test ofliterary merit.
  2. Relating towriters, or theprofession of literature.
    aliterary man
    • 1775,William Mason,The Poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings by W. Mason. York:
      in theliterary as well as fashionable world
  3. Knowledgeable of literature orwriting.
  4. Appropriate to literature rather thaneveryday writing.
  5. Bookish.

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relating to literature
relating to writers, or the profession of literature
knowledgeable of literature or writing
appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing
bookishseebookish
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