literary
li·te·rary
adjective
1.
2.
3.
appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing
- “when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style”
Origin
From French littéraire.
Phrases
- literary agent
- literary criticism
- literary device
- literary executor
- literary fiction
- literary form
- literary genre
- literary inquisition
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