literary


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
literary/ˈlɪtərəri/
adjective
  • 1 relating to literature, especially of the kind viewed as having artistic merit.

    ■ concerned with literature as a profession.

  • 2 associated with formal writing.
– derivatives
literarily adverb,
literariness noun.
– origin C17 (in the sense ‘relating to the letters of the alphabet’): from L. litterarius, from littera (see letter).
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