Literary
['lɪt(ə)(rə)rɪ] or [lɪtərɛri]
Definition
(adj.) appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing; 'when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style' .
(adj.) knowledgeable about literature; 'a literary style' .
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of literature; 'literary criticism' .
Edited by Flo--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation.
(a.) Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man.
Checker: Tessie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Of literature or learning.[2]. Learned, lettered, bookish, well-read, book-learned.
Edited by Debra
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Erudite, scholarly, studious
ANT:Illiterate, unscholarly, unstudious
Typist: Portia
Examples
- I don't,' said Boffin, in a free-handed manner, 'want to tie a literary man--WITH a wooden leg--down too tight. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You see,' returned Mr Boffin, with a confidential sense of dignity, 'as to my literary man's duties, they're clear. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- So it is, my dear,' said Mr Boffin, 'when not literary. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The appeal on both sides was to literary documents. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- His own aversion to reform, his fondness for vast epochs and his contempt for current effort have left most of his psychological laws in the region of interesting literary comment. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Josiah Franklin's judicious criticism led Benjamin to undertake the well- known plan of developing his literary style. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Tom read, in his only literary cabinet, of one who had learned in whatsoever state he was, therewith to be content. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The literary style is good, there are only a few trivial slips in spelling, and the appreciation is keen of what would be interesting news and gossip. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Now, you see, Rokesmith,' he went on, 'a literary man--WITH a wooden leg--is liable to jealousy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Professor Dilth ey has collected many other records of the hallucinatory clearness of the visual imagery of literary artists. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Two factors conspire in the later period of ancient life, however, to exalt literary and humanistic studies. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Wouldn't you like to see the Bower, and know a retired literary man of the name of Wegg that lives there--WITH a wooden leg? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Any literary scrub, or shabby, whining artist. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- His father, by-the-way, always encouraged these literary tastes, and paid him a small sum for each new book mastered. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There are many celebrated characters, literary, philosophical, and otherwise, who hold a high reputation on a similar tenure. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You will oblige me by a little of your literary history. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The literary class was detached from the priestly class at an early date. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He neve r attained any literary facility, and was always more successful in conveying his observations by maps, drawings, and con versation than by books. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He is a lecturer and a consultant, but he does not care for general practice, which distracts him from his literary work. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A very novel literary feature of the work was the issuance of a bulletin devoted entirely to the Edison lighting propaganda. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Jo's book was the pride of her heart, and was regarded by her family as a literary sprout of great promise. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You have moral and literary tastes in common. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The law was codified, the literary examination system was revised, and a complete and accurate edition of all the Chinese classics was produced. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Head, potry--chapter, literary friends--name, Snowgrass; ver good. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In Rome he wrote a sonnet to the sculptor Canova, and the literary circles of Italy proclaimed him a poet after their own heart. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- That criticism as an art is still somewhat behindhand in America seems to be confirmed by comparing French and American literary criticism. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In three or four centuries, when the country is settled, and commercialism is diminished, there will be time for the literary men. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Habits of literary composition are perfectly familiar to me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But all the old languages are dead, and the literary form is their embalmment. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Why, you're quite a literary character, sir! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Typist: Portia