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literary
Part of speech: AdjectivePertaining to, or appropriate to, literature or men of letters; having a knowledge of, or engaged in, literature.
Usage examples "literary":- During the week the literary gentleman " did" for himself. - "The Garden Party", Katherine Mansfield.
- There is a bit of literary history connected with " The Song of Marion's Men," which may be mentioned here as well as anywhere else. - "Recollections of a Varied Life", George Cary Eggleston.
- Tempest is a literary genius by what he has done, and she is a genius by nature, and with so much left undone. - "The Judgment House", Gilbert Parker.