Literary \Lit"er*a*ry\ (l[i^]t"[~e]r*[asl]*r[y^]), a. [L.
litterarius, literarius, fr. littera, litera, a letter: cf.
F. litt['e]raire. See Letter.]
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1. Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to
learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary
history; literary conversation.
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He has long outlived his century, the term commonly
fixed as the test of literary merit. --Johnson.
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2. Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with
literature as a profession; connected with literature or
with men of letters; as, a literary man.
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In the literary as well as fashionable world.
--Mason.
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Literary property.
(a) Property which consists in written or printed
compositions.
(b) The exclusive right of publication as recognized and
limited by law.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
literary
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of literature; "literary
criticism"
2: knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style" [syn: well-written]
3: appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or
writing; "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an
affected literary style"
WordNet (r) 2.0
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "literary":
academic, belletristic, bibliophagic, bluestocking, book-fed,
book-learned, book-loving, book-minded, book-read, book-wise,
bookish, booky, classical, cultivated, cultured, donnish, educated,
erudite, formal, inkhorn, learned, lettered, literate, pedantic,
refined, scholarly, scholastic, well-read, written
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
well-written
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