belles-lettristic
Definitions
Pertaining to belles-lettres; having, or describing, a primarily aesthetic literary bent.
Examples
“Reggio's works will always command respect⟳ on account of their belles-lettristic value.”
“We had been only vaguely aware, I think⟳, how much less belles-lettristic than his French contemporary was the seventeenth-century Englishman...”
“Truly Abkhazian belles-lettristic literature began in 1912 when Gulia published his first volume of collected works...”
“Belles-lettristic writing about literature developed the model⟳ of a thoughtful person sitting down with a literary work⟳ of life-long acquaintance...”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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