Australian English Meaning of literary

literary

Other Australian English words related to literary

Definitions and Meaning of literary in English

Wordnet

literary (a)

of or relating to or characteristic of literature

Wordnet

literary (s)

knowledgeable about literature

appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing

Webster

literary (a.)

Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation.

Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man.

FAQs About the word literary

literary

of or relating to or characteristic of literature, knowledgeable about literature, appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writingOf or pertain

academic,academic,bookish,Erudite,intellectual,learned,scholarly,literary,educated,formal

colloquial,conversational,familiar,informal,non-literary,chatty,slangy,unbookish,illiterate

literalty => literally, literalness => literalness, literally => literally, literalizing => literalising, literalizer => literaliser,