Definition of literary Literary

/lɪˈtɚɛˌɹi/ - [litereree] - lit•er•ar•y

We found 12 definitions of literary from 5 different sources.

What does literary mean?

Adjective
literary - of or relating to or characteristic of literature; "literary criticism"
literary - knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style"
		literate knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields; "computer literate"
literary - appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing; "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style"

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literary (Adjective)
Relating to literature.
literary (Adjective)
Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
literary (Adjective)
Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
literary (Adjective)
Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
literary (Adjective)
Bookish.

literary (a.)
Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation.
literary (a.)
Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man.

literary
lit′ėr-ar-i, adj. belonging to letters or learning: skilled in learning.—n. Lit′eracy, state of being literate:—opp. to Illiteracy.—adj. Lit′erāte, acquainted with letters of learning: learned.—n. one educated, but not having taken a university degree, esp. a candidate for holy orders who has not been at a university.—n.pl. Literā′tī, men of letters, the learned (sing. forms, Literā′tus, Literä′to).—adv. Literā′tim, letter for letter: without the change of a letter.—n. Literā′tor, a dabbler in learning: a man of letters, a literary man—sometimes in the French form Littérateur.—adj. Lit′erose, distinctively literary.—n. Literos′ity. [L. literarius.]