literary
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- adjective
- /ˈlɪtəˌrɛri/
- Literature
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literario
- She studied the literary works of Shakespeare during her English class.
- literary criticism
- a literary critic
- literary studies
There are, you know, there are highly esteemed literary magazines.
- There are, you know, there are highly esteemed literary magazines.
- And so Chile has this incredible literary tradition.
- First, it reminds us that literary categories are constantly shifting.
- That book got an award from an LGBT literary association.
- They do poetry slams and maybe they published in literary magazines.
- Carol Oates, by the way, talking about literary types.
- She was the first person to write about her own life in English, which makes her a literary giant just for that reason.
- We've won some literary awards with my book The first year of Reality Check.
- Some of the most well regarded scientific minds in the world read and write for Nautilus, as well as literary giants like Comet McCarthy.
- Donald Trump was certainly not a general, and with all due respect to The Art of the Deal, he's not a superb literary stylist either.
Examples
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We've won some literary awards with my book The first year of Reality Check.
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And so Chile has this incredible literary tradition.
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Does music have meaning, of the literary kind, I mean?
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The high school literary magazine.
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I have no literary talent at all!
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And it's great to know that it comes from a literary inspiration.
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And they engage each other through literary means.
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Yes, but the literary history of the family and everything suggests...
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Our panel is a wonderful mix of two literary scholars and two historians.
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Literary metaphors or references to literary works appear in almost every entry of the diary.
Academic text (1999)
Compounds
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A type of writing with a clear style about a certain topic, for example mystery stories
A piece of creative writing that shows thoughts and feelings, like a novel or poem
A time when many writers write books or poems in a similar way and about the same ideas
How Literary
Surface Forms
Morphology
literary = literature (transparent) = literature + ary
Standard adjectival formation from 'literature' with '-ary', indicating relation to books or literary study.
Etymology
The word literary comes from the Latin littera meaning 'letter' and is the same root as literature and letter. That's why a 'literary' person or event is about books, reading, and the study and love of written works.