adjective
literary
LIT-uh-rair-ee/ˈlɪtəreri/
Relating to literature or characteristic of its writing style
The reader studies a novel as part of her literary work.
Etymology
The connection is broader than individual alphabetic letters: Latin littera in the plural also meant literature, books, and learning. Literary likewise shifted from pertaining to letters to pertaining to literature.
In context
if you're writing a literary analysis of flowers by Miley Cyrus listen to the song a gazillion times and make sure that you understand everything is there
More examples
- His literary style is unusually spare.
- They discussed literary criticism.
- She won a literary award.
Forms
literary
Similar words
- bookish
- Bookish often describes a person's habits or a learned tone.
- literary-minded
- Literary-minded describes interest rather than a work's characteristics.