Found 3 items, similar to literary.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: literary
kebujanggaan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: literary
literary
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of literature;
“literary
criticism”
2: knowledgeable about literature;
“a literary style” [syn:
well-written]
3: appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or
writing;
“when trying to impress someone she spoke in an
affected literary style”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Literary
Literary
\Lit"er*a*ry\ (l[i^]t"[~e]r*[asl]*r[y^]), a. [L.
litterarius, literarius, fr. littera, litera, a letter: cf.
F. litt['e]raire. See
Letter.]
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1. Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to
learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary
history; literary conversation.
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He has long outlived his century, the term commonly
fixed as the test of literary merit. --Johnson.
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2. Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with
literature as a profession; connected with literature or
with men of letters; as, a literary man.
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In the literary as well as fashionable world.
--Mason.
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Literary property.
(a) Property which consists in written or printed
compositions.
(b) The exclusive right of publication as recognized and
limited by law.
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