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Definition of Literary
Literary

Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation.

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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Literary Quotations

First literature came to refer only to itself, the literary theory.
Mason Cooley

To understand a literary style, consider what it omits.
Mason Cooley

I would say that there is no future for literary studies as such in the United States.
Harold Bloom

The aim of literary ambition is to demonstrate one's greatness of soul.
Mason Cooley

Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.
Mason Cooley

Literary Translations

literary in Dutch is letterkundig, litterair, literair
literary in German is literarisch, literarische, literarisch
literary in Hungarian is irodalmi
literary in Italian is letterario
literary in Latin is philologus
literary in Spanish is literario


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