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Synonyms for literary
ˈlɪt əˌrɛr ilit·er·a·ry
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
literary
Synonyms:
erudite, scholarly, studiousAntonyms:
illiterate, unscholarly, unstudious
Princeton's WordNet
literaryadjective
of or relating to or characteristic of literature
"literary criticism"
Antonyms:
informal, illiterateliteraryadjective
knowledgeable about literature
"a literary style"
Antonyms:
informal, illiterateliteraryadjective
appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing
"when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style"
Antonyms:
illiterate, informal
Dictionary of English Synonymes
literaryadjective
Synonyms:
of literature or learningliteraryadjective
Synonyms:
learned, lettered, bookish, well-read, book-learned
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List of paraphrases for "literary":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#968 | writing | |
#1769 | literature | |
#4904 | moral | |
#5153 | literary | |
#12616 | scholarly | |
#61109 | erudite | |
#91526 | studious |
How to use literary in a sentence?
Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.
I think Don Henley is a brilliant contemporary rock writer. He would have been a fabulous poet if he weren't a musician. He was a literary major, and not only that - he's gifted with a brilliant voice. To me, Don could sing the New York City Yellow Pages and I'd buy it. I just love the sound of his voice.
The critical method which denies literary modernity would appear -- and even, in certain respects, would be -- the most modern of critical movements.
Whenever the literary German dives into a sentence, that is the last you are going to see of him until he emerges on the other side of his atlantic with his verb in his mouth.
[ My mom ] was like, ‘ Do you want to put on these jeans and do a commercial ? ’ it was going to be [ a lot of ] wordplay, or historical and literary references. There was a real intellectual spin on how they were going to produce [ the ads ]. Nobody was allowed on set. Because it was Avedon’s first foray into the commercial world. I think he was pretty nervous. Stakes were pretty high and I think there was a lot of pressure. We did multiple, multiple takes of everything.
Translations for literary
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- الأدبيةArabic
- литературниBulgarian
- literariCatalan, Valencian
- literárníCzech
- llenyddolWelsh
- litterærDanish
- literarischGerman
- λογοτεχνικόςGreek
- literaturaEsperanto
- literarioSpanish
- ادبیPersian
- littéraireFrench
- literarioGalician
- írói, irodalmiHungarian
- letterarioItalian
- 文学Japanese
- 문학Korean
- litteraria, litterarium, litterarii, litterariae, litterariusLatin
- sasteraMalay
- literairDutch
- litterærNorwegian Nynorsk
- litterærNorwegian
- literariOccitan
- literackiPolish
- literárioPortuguese
- literari, literar, literarăRomanian
- книжный, литературныйRussian
- litterärSwedish
- ทางวรรณคดีThai
- edebîTurkish
- літературнийUkrainian
- ادبیUrdu
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