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Literary

//ˈlɪtəɹɛ(ə)ɹi// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to literature.

    "literary fame"

  2. 2
    Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.

    "a literary man"

  3. 3
    Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
  4. 4
    Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
  5. 5
    Bookish.
Adjective
  1. 1
    appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing wordnet
  2. 2
    knowledgeable about literature wordnet
  3. 3
    of or relating to or characteristic of literature wordnet

Etymology

From French littéraire.

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