Adjective
- 1. literary
- usage: of or relating to or characteristic of literature; "literary criticism"
- 2. literary, literate (vs. illiterate)
- usage: knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style"
- 3. literary, formal (vs. informal)
- usage: appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing; "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style"
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