Meaning of literary | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Leng=es.
2. Characterized by a narrow concern for book learning and formal rules, without knowledge or experience of practical matters:academic, bookish, donnish, formalistic, inkhorn, pedantic, pedantical, scholastic.
3. Of, relating to, or dealing with literature: literary criticism.
4. Of or relating to writers or the profession of literature: literary circles.
5. Versed in or fond of literature or learning.
6. Appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing.
7. of, relating to, concerned with, or characteristic of literature or scholarly writing: a literary discussion; a literary style.
8. versed in or knowledgeable about literature: a literary man.
9. (of a word) formal; not colloquial
10. pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, esp. those classed as literature: literary history.
11. pertaining to authorship: literary style.

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