Synonyms for LITERARY
ˈlɪt əˌrɛr ilit·er·a·ry

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1. literary

   Synonyms:
   erudite, scholarly, studious

   Antonyms:
   illiterate, unscholarly, unstudious

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1. literaryadjective

   of or relating to or characteristic of literature

   "literary criticism"

   Antonyms:
   informal, illiterate

2. literaryadjective

   knowledgeable about literature

   "a literary style"

   Antonyms:
   informal, illiterate

3. literaryadjective

   appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing

   "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style"

   Antonyms:
   illiterate, informal

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1. literaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   of literature or learning

2. literaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   learned, lettered, bookish, well-read, book-learned

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1. List of paraphrases for "literary":

   literature, moral, munhak, writing

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How to use LITERARY in a sentence?

1. Mark Twain:

   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.

2. Ignazio Silone, The God That Failed (1950):

   Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority--literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.

3. Ryan McKibben:

   For more than twenty years The Weekly Standard has provided a valued and important perspective on political, literary and cultural issues of the day, the magazine has been home to some of the industry's most dedicated and talented staff and I thank them for their hard work and contributions, not just to the publication, but the field of journalism.

4. Christopher Heywood:

   [A] literary feat of objective narration by an Afrikaner writer was Sword in the Sand (1969), Johannes Meintjes’ narration of Gideon Scheepers’ death by summary trial and execution. In Meintjes’ hands, history enters the realm of epic narrative

5. Isaac D?Israeli:

   Is a preface exquisitely written? No literary morsel is more delicious. Is the author inveterately dull? It is a kind of preparatory information, which may be very useful. It argues a deficiency of taste to turn over an elaborate preface unread: for it is the attar of the author?s roses, every drop distilled at an immense cost. It is the reason of the reasoning, and the folly of the foolish.