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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.