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literary

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

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.

Equivalents

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العربيةأدبي
Azərbaycan diliədəbi
Българскилитературен
Bosanskiliteratura
Catalàliterari
Češtinaliterární
Cymraegllenyddol
Ελληνικάλογοτεχνικός
Esperantoliteratura
Galegoliterario
हिन्दीसाहित्यिक
Hrvatskiliteratura
Հայերենգրական
Italianoletterario
Қазақ тіліәдеби
한국어문학의
Kurdîedebî
Кыргызчаадабий
Lëtzebuergeschliteraresch
Latviešuliterārs
Македонскилитературен
മലയാളംസാഹിത്യം
Bahasa Melayusastera
Nederlandsliterair
Portuguêsliterário
Românăliterar
Shqipletrar
Српскиliteratura
Svenskalitterär
Türkmençeedebi
Türkçeedebi
ئۇيغۇرچەئەدەبىي
اردوادبی
O'zbekchaadabiy

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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