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Webster 1913 Edition
Literary
Lit′er-a-ry
(lĭt′ẽr-ā̍-ry̆)
, Adj.
1.
Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men;
as,
literary
fame; a literary
history; literary
conversation.He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of
literary
merit. Johnson.
2.
Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters;
as, a
. literary
manIn the
literary
as well as fashionable world. Mason.
Literary property
. (a)
Property which consists in written or printed compositions.
(b)
The exclusive right of publication as recognized and limited by law.
Webster 1828 Edition
Literary
LIT'ERARY
,Adj.
1.
Pertaining to letters or literature; respecting learning or learned men; as a literary history; literary conversation.2.
Derived from erudition; as literary fame.3.
Furnished with erudition; versed in letters; as a literary man.4.
Consisting in letters, or written or printed compositions; as literary property.Definition 2024
literary
literary
English
Adjective
literary (comparative more literary, superlative most literary)
- Relating to literature.
- literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation
- Johnson
- He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit.
- Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
- a literary man
- Mason
- in the literary as well as fashionable world
- Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
- Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
- Bookish.
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Translations
relating to literature
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relating to writers, or the profession of literature
External links
- literary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- literary in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911