literary
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Etymology [edit]
From French littéraire.
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Adjective [edit]
literary (comparative more literary, superlative most literary)
- Relating to literature.
- Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
- Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
- Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
- Bookish.
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relating to literature
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relating to writers, or the profession of literature
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External links [edit]
- literary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- literary in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911