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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective literary has 3 senses
- literary(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to or characteristic of literature; "literary criticism" Derived form noun literature1
- literary(s = adj.all) - knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style" Derived form noun literature2
- literary(s = adj.all) - appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing; "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style"
CIDE DICTIONARY
literary, a. [L. litterarius, literarius, fr. littera, litera, a letter: cf. F. littéraire. See Letter.].
- Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation. [1913 Webster]"He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit." [1913 Webster]
- Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man. [1913 Webster]"In the literary as well as fashionable world." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
literary, adj.
1 of, constituting, or occupied with books or literature or written composition, esp. of the kind valued for quality of form.
2 well informed about literature.
3 (of a word or idiom) used chiefly in literary works or other formal writing.
1 of, constituting, or occupied with books or literature or written composition, esp. of the kind valued for quality of form.
2 well informed about literature.
3 (of a word or idiom) used chiefly in literary works or other formal writing.
Idiom
literary executor see EXECUTOR. literary history the history of the treatment of a subject in literature.
Derivative
literarily adv. literariness n.
Etymology
L litterarius (as LETTER)