Literary
/ˈlɪtəɹɛ(ə)ɹi/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Relating to literature.
"literary fame"
- 2 Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
"a literary man"
- 3 Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
- 4 Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
- 5 Bookish.
Adjective
- 1 appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing wordnet
- 2 knowledgeable about literature wordnet
- 3 of or relating to or characteristic of literature wordnet
Example
More examples"When, one day, computers undertake to translate literary works, it will be the end of literature as we know it."
Etymology
From French littéraire.