Literarily

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a literary manner.

    "When he spoke, he spoke in allusion, literarily, often pausing to check, with a look, whether I followed."

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"When he spoke, he spoke in allusion, literarily, often pausing to check, with a look, whether I followed."

Etymology

From literary + -ly.

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