'Literary' definitions:
Definition of 'literary'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to or characteristic of literature; "literary criticism"
adjective
Knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style"
adjective
Appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing; "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style"
Definition of 'Literary'
From: GCIDE
- Literary \Lit"er*a*ry\ (l[i^]t"[~e]r*[asl]*r[y^]), a. [L. litterarius, literarius, fr. littera, litera, a letter: cf. F. litt['e]raire. See Letter.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation. [1913 Webster]
- He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man. [1913 Webster]
- In the literary as well as fashionable world. --Mason. [1913 Webster]
- Literary property. (a) Property which consists in written or printed compositions. (b) The exclusive right of publication as recognized and limited by law. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'literary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- academic,
- belletristic,
- bibliophagic,
- bluestocking,
- book-fed,
- book-learned,
- book-loving,
- book-minded,
- book-read,
- book-wise,
- bookish,
- booky,
- classical,
- cultivated,
- cultured,
- donnish,
- educated,
- erudite,
- formal,
- inkhorn,
- learned,
- lettered,
- literate,
- pedantic,
- refined,
- scholarly,
- scholastic,
- well-read,
- written