literary
adjective
uk/ˈlɪt.ər.ər.i/us/ˈlɪt̬.ə.rer.i/B2
relatingtoliterature(= writtenartisticworks,especiallythose with a high andlastingartisticvalue):
The Booker Prize is the mostcovetedBritish literaryaward.
Literarycriticsravedover hisnovels.
suitablefor or in thestyleofliterature:
Herprosemakessparinguse ofrareand literary words.
Thesceneisbeautifullywritten, but it's too literary to berealistic.
(of aperson) havingreada lot ofliterature:
Myfatheris a very literaryperson.
Synonym
well read
- She has beendescribedas thecreativecolossusof the literaryworld.
- Herinternationallyacclaimednovelhaswonseveral literaryprizes.
- Theannotationof literarytextsmakes them moreaccessible.
- Hernovelsarepackedwith literaryallusions.
- Maybe theauthorshould haverephrasedthetitleof hisarticleto make it more literary.
- Self-educated and with agreatdesireforknowledge, he was a very literary man.
Literature
- action hero
- alliterative
- alternative history
- anapest
- anti-literary
- femslash
- fictionality
- fictive
- free verse
- genre fiction
- passion play
- pentameter
- poem
- poesy
- poet laureate
- theatrics
- topos
- tragedy
- tragicomic
- trilogy
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