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literary
[ lit-uh-rer-ee ]
adjective
- pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature:
literary history.
- pertaining to authorship:
literary style.
- versed in or acquainted with literature; well-read.
- engaged in or having the profession of literature or writing:
a literary man.
- characterized by an excessive or affected display of learning; stilted; pedantic.
- preferring books to actual experience; bookish.
literary
/ ˈlɪtrərɪ; ˈlɪtərərɪ /
adjective
- of, relating to, concerned with, or characteristic of literature or scholarly writing
a literary style
a literary discussion
- versed in or knowledgeable about literature
a literary man
- (of a word) formal; not colloquial
Usage Note
Derived Forms
- ˈliterariness, noun
- ˈliterarily, adverb
Other Words From
- liter·ari·ly adverb
- liter·ari·ness noun
- non·liter·ari·ly adverb
- non·liter·ari·ly·ness noun
- non·liter·ari·ness noun
- non·liter·ary adjective
- over·liter·ari·ly adverb
- over·liter·ari·ness noun
- over·liter·ary adjective
- pre·liter·ary adjective
- pseudo·liter·ary adjective
- quasi-liter·ary adjective
- un·liter·ary adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of literary1
Example Sentences
Two thrillers with literary antecedents — “Cross” on Prime Video and “The Day of the Jackal” on Peacock — premiere Thursday.
After reading the letters, Anolik ditched her plans to revise “Hollywood’s Eve,” pivoting instead to write “Didion & Babitz,” an essential chronicle of a literary friendship.
One chapter looks at a literary example, William Wells Brown’s novel "Clotel," which is something of a fantasia on the Sally Hemings story.
A week later, Evans recalls, a division of Penguin Random House “approached my literary agent in London and proposed a memoir. I immediately went, ‘I’m 45, hang on!
For the first time, an Algerian author has won France’s top literary award, the Goncourt, with a searing account of his country’s 1990s civil war.
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