Usually means: Artistic expression through written words.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word literary:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. literary: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. literary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. literary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. literary: Collins English Dictionary
  5. literary: Vocabulary.com
  6. Literary, literary: Wordnik
  7. literary: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. literary: Wiktionary
  9. literary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. literary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. literary: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Literary, literary: Dictionary.com
  13. literary: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Literary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. literary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. literary: Rhymezone
  17. literary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. literary: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. literary: Free Dictionary
  20. literary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. literary: Dictionary/thesaurus
  22. literary: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  23. literary: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  24. Literary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Literary Criticism (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. literary: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. literary: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. literary: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Literary: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Relating to literature.
▸ adjective:  Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
▸ adjective:  Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
▸ adjective:  Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
▸ adjective:  Bookish.

Similar:
literate, formal, well-written, nonliterary, artistic, poetical, academic, poetic, belletristic, cultural, more...

Opposite:
mathematical, scientific, numerical, factual, nonfictional

Types:
novel, novella, short story, epic, tragedy, comedy, satire, farce, melodrama, more...

Phrases:
literary criticism, literary history, literary works, literary work, literary theory, more...

Adjectives:
most, non, political, least, social, historical, philosophical, library, religious, contemporary, modern

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Similar:
literate, formal, well-written, nonliterary, artistic, poetical, academic, poetic, belletristic, cultural, more...

Opposite:
mathematical, scientific, numerical, factual, nonfictional

Types:
novel, novella, short story, epic, tragedy, comedy, satire, farce, melodrama, more...

Phrases:
literary criticism, literary history, literary works, literary work, literary theory, literary critic, literary studies, literary critics, literary language, literary style, Literary genre, Literary magazine, more...

Adjectives:
most, non, political, least, social, historical, philosophical, library, religious, contemporary, modern

Colors:
    sepia,     parchment,     ink black,     antique gold,     dusty rose, more...



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