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lit·er·ar·y

   [lit-uh-rer-ee]
adjective
1.
pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
2.
pertaining to authorship: literary style.
3.
versed in or acquainted with literature; well-read.
4.
engaged in or having the profession of literature or writing: a literary man.
5.
characterized by an excessive or affected display of learning; stilted; pedantic.
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6.
preferring books to actual experience; bookish.
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Origin:
1640–50; < Latin līterārius, litterārius of reading and writing. See letter, -ary

Related forms
lit·er·ar·i·ly, adverb
lit·er·ar·i·ness, noun
non·lit·er·ar·i·ly, adverb
non·lit·er·ar·i·ly·ness, noun
non·lit·er·ar·i·ness, noun
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non·lit·er·ar·y, adjective
o·ver·lit·er·ar·i·ly, adverb
o·ver·lit·er·ar·i·ness, noun
o·ver·lit·er·ar·y, adjective
pre·lit·er·ar·y, adjective
pseu·do·lit·er·ar·y, adjective
qua·si-lit·er·ar·y, adjective
un·lit·er·ar·y, adjective
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literary (ˈlɪtərərɪ, ˈlɪtrərɪ)
 
—adj
1.  of, relating to, concerned with, or characteristic of literature or scholarly writing: a literary discussion; a literary style
2.  versed in or knowledgeable about literature: a literary man
3.  (of a word) formal; not colloquial
 
[C17: from Latin litterārius concerning reading and writing. See letter]
 
'literarily
 
—adv
 
'literariness
 
—n

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literary
1640s, "pertaining to alphabet letters," from Fr. littéraire, from L. lit(t)erarius "belonging to letters or learning," from lit(t)era "letter." Meaning "pertaining to literature" is attested from 1749.
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