Literary /(lĭt"ẽr*ā̇*ry̆)/
Lit·er·a·ry
Literary
a.
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Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation.
He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit.
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Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man.
In the literary as well as fashionable world.
Phrases & Compounds
- Literary property
- Property which consists in written or printed compositions.