Literary

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈlɪtəɹəɹi/
• US IPA: /ˈlɪtəɹɛ(É™)ɹi/, ˈɫɪɾəɹɛ(É™)ɹi

Origin

From French littéraire.

Full definition of literary

Adjective

1. Relating to literature.literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation
• JohnsonHe has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit.
2. Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.a literary man
• Masonin the literary as well as fashionable world
3. Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
4. Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
5. Bookish.

Synonyms

• bookly

Derived terms

• literary criticism
• literary device
• literary form
• literary genre
• literary technique
• literary theory

Related terms

• letter
• literal
• literacy
• literate
• literature

Anagrams

• trilayer