Literary

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1. Adjective

Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation.

2. Adjective

Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man.

3. Adjective

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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