Dictionary

literary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• [ˈɫɪɾ.əˌɹɛɹ.i] (Canada, US)
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• /ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/ (Australia, UK)
• /ˈlɪt.əˌɹɛɹ.i/ (Canada, US)
• /ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹi/ (Australia, UK)

Etymology

From French littéraire.

Meanings

1. Relating to literature.
   • He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit. c. 1768, Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Plays of William Shakespeare:
   • literary fame
   • literary conversation
   • a literary history
2. Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
   • in the literary as well as fashionable world 1775, William Mason, The Poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings by W. Mason. York:
   • a literary man
3. Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
4. Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
5. Bookish.

Forms

Deriveds

overliterary · literary fiction · literary present · literary genre · nonliterary · literary journalism · antiliterary · literary inquisition · preliterary · literary tourism · literary device · cyberliterary · literaryism · literary form · technoliterary · subliterary · literary language · literary executor · literary science · literary agent · literary theory · extraliterary · metaliterary · pseudoliterary · postliterary · hyperliterary · litRPG · unliterary · literary technique · lego-literary · literary criticism · literarist · literariness · uniliterary · literarily

Relateds

literature · letter · literacy · literate · literal

Synonyms

bookly

Translations (116)

cy llenyddol (relating to literature) · vi văn hoa (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing) · es literario (relating to literature) · oc literari (relating to literature) · it letterario (relating to literature) · be літарату́рны (relating to literature) · de gehoben (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing) · ru кни́жный (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing) · ast lliterariu (relating to literature) · pt literário (relating to literature) · uk писе́мницький (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · pl literacki (relating to literature) · de literarisch (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · nn litterær (relating to literature) · ru писа́тельский (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · uk літерату́рний (relating to literature) · cs literární (relating to literature) · sv litterär (relating to literature) · be кні́жны (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing) · uk книжко́вий (relating to literature) · cmn 書面 /书面 (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing) · ka ლიტერატურული (relating to literature) · bg литерату́рен (relating to literature) · hu választékos (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing) · ml സാഹിത്യ (relating to literature) · tr edebî (relating to literature) · nrf littéthaithe (relating to literature) · ca literari (relating to literature) · lt rašytojų (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · hi साहित्यिक (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · yi ליטעראַריש (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · hy գրական (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing) · sh ли̏тера̄ран (relating to literature) · tk edebi (relating to literature) · kk әдеби (relating to literature) · tg адабӣ (relating to literature) · ja 文学の (relating to literature) · pl książkowy (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing) · cmn 文 (relating to literature) · pl literacki (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · da litterær (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · vi văn học (relating to literature) · af letterkundige (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · sh knjȉžēvnī (relating to literature) · sh lȉterāran (relating to literature) · el λογοτεχνικός (relating to literature) · hu emelkedett (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing) · fi kirjallinen (relating to literature) · hy գրական (relating to literature) · ar أَدَبِيّ (relating to literature) · nl literair (relating to literature) · af literêre (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · nb litterær (relating to literature) · nn litterær (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · sh књи̏же̄внӣ (relating to literature) · la litterārius (relating to literature) · ru литера́торский (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · hu irodalmi (relating to literature) · lt literatūros (relating to literature) · fa-ira اَدَبی (relating to literature) · sv litterär (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · ur اَدَبی (relating to literature) · fi kirjallisuus- (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · gl literario (relating to literature) · ko 문학의 (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing) · hi साहित्यिक (relating to literature) · fr littéraire (relating to literature) · ja 文学の (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing) · hu irodalmi (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · el λογοτεχνικός (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · ru кни́жный (relating to literature) · cmn 文學 /文学 (relating to literature) · de schriftstellerisch (relating to literature) · vi văn chương (relating to literature) · et kirjanduslik (relating to literature) · uk книжко́вий (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing) · ug كىتاۋىي (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing) · lt literatūrinis (relating to literature) · lb literaresch (relating to literature) · hu írói (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · hy գրական (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · uz adabiy (relating to literature) · tt әдәби (relating to literature) · eo literatura (relating to literature) · af letterkundige (relating to literature) · cy llenyddol (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · fi kirjallinen (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing) · fi kirjailija- (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · uk письме́ннецький (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · lv literārs (relating to literature) · bg литерату́рен (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing) · ro literar (relating to literature) · mk литерату́рен (relating to literature) · fi kirjallinen (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · fi kirjakielinen (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing) · de schriftstellerisch (tätig) (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · be кні́жны (relating to literature) · da litterær (relating to literature) · fi kaunokirjallinen (relating to literature) · tl pampanitikan (relating to literature) · az ədəbi (relating to literature) · de literarisch (relating to literature) · ky адабий (relating to literature) · no litterær (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · fi kirjallisuutta tunteva (knowledgeable of literature or writing) · af literêre (relating to literature) · af literêre (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing) · ms sastera (relating to literature) · ko 문학의 (relating to literature) · sq letrar (relating to literature) · zza edebi (relating to literature) · el λογοτεχνικός (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing) · yi ליטעראַריש (relating to literature) · uk літера́торський (relating to writers, or the profession of literature) · ru литерату́рный (relating to literature) · ug ئەدەبىي (relating to literature)