literary
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/ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/(UK)
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/ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/(UK) · /ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹi/(UK) · /ˈlɪt.əˌɹɛɹ.i/(US) · [ˈɫɪɾ.əˌɹɛɹ.i](US)
Definition of literary
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Relating to literature.
“literary fame”
“a literary history”
“literary conversation”
“He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit.”
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adj
-
Relating to literature.
“literary fame”
“a literary history”
“literary conversation”
“He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit.”
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Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
“a literary man”
“in the literary as well as fashionable world”
- Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
- Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
- Bookish.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From French littéraire.
Words you can make from literary
175 playable · top: IRATELY (10 pts)
Best play irately 10 points7-letter words
5 words6-letter words
16 words5-letter words
37 words- EARLY 8 pts
- EYRIR 8 pts
- LAIRY 8 pts
- LAITY 8 pts
- LAYER 8 pts
- LEARY 8 pts
- LYART 8 pts
- RELAY 8 pts
- RETRY 8 pts
- RILEY 8 pts
- RIYAL 8 pts
- TARRY 8 pts
- TEARY 8 pts
- TERRY 8 pts
- YARER 8 pts
- AIRER 5 pts
- ALERT 5 pts
- ALTER 5 pts
- ARIEL 5 pts
- ARTEL 5 pts
- IRATE 5 pts
- LATER 5 pts
- LITER 5 pts
- LITRE 5 pts
- RATEL 5 pts
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4-letter words
53 words- AERY 7 pts
- AIRY 7 pts
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- ARYL 7 pts
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- AIRT 4 pts
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3-letter words
45 words- AYE 6 pts
- LAY 6 pts
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- TAE 3 pts
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- TEL 3 pts
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2-letter words
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