literary

Definition:
1. Of or relating to or characteristic of literature.
2. Knowledgeable about literature.
3. Appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing.

Use 'literary' in a sentence:

• 1. Most of these new sermons were recorded in literary Sanskrit rather than in vernacular language.
• 2. His apartment was the most famous literary salon in Russia.
• 3. Literary thought is dried up.
• 4. It was Chaucer who really turned English into a literary language.
• 5. Literary works of this kind are well received by the masses.
• 6. Both say they want to write literary books that are accessible to a general audience.
• 7. By the 1920's, he was lionised by literary London.
• 8. The pace of the book is leisurely, with enjoyable literary and historical asides.
• 9. Social and cultural change was reflected in literary form.
• 10. Now he's living in a council flat and fielding offers from literary agents.
• 11. Asmus became friendly with a number of writers and appeared in print as a literary critic.
• 12. She is a researcher of literary genres.
• 13. Her novel is highly regarded by literary critics.
• 14. The novel is a thicket of literary references.
• 15. A major new talent has burst onto the literary scene.
• 16. DuBois would attract the attention of literary critics.
• 17. In this paper the term cognitive literary studies is employed.
• 18. He wears flamboyant clothes more suited to a rock star than a literary figure.
• 19. The book drew lavish praise from literary critics.
• 20. He had to read a canon of accepted literary texts.
• 21. This is a literary and artistic work loved by the masses.
• 22. The period of literary and artistic efflorescence has come.
• 23. He began to churn out literary compositions in English.
• 24. Alumni include numerous famous scientists, literary figures and overseas politicians.
• 25. Barbadian-born Frank Collymore was at the heart of the West Indian literary renaissance in the '40s and' 50s.
• 26. He is a writer of exceptional literary talent.
• 27. He is highly disdainful of anything to do with the literary establishment.
• 28. The conservatism of the literary establishment in this country is astounding.
• 29. There's a rich vein of literary history which insists on their interchangeability.
• 30. Questions arise over authorship and the determination of literary heirs.
• 31. He edits the literary journal, Murmur.
• 32. He presents his own highbrow literary programme.
• 33. He was asked to judge a literary competition.
• 34. "It's of no great literary merit," he said, almost apologetically.
• 35. She's the literary editor of the 'Sunday Review'.
• 36. He was an editor of the literary magazine in the 1930s.
• 37. "Literary" fiction has no hard-and-fast definition.
• 38. Reading literary fiction isn't just for passing the time.
• 39. What's so special about literary fiction?
• 40. My literary agent thinks it is not unreasonable to expect $500,000 in total.
• 41. By the 1920s, he was lionized by literary New York.
• 42. She's the literary editor of the "Sunday Review."
• 43. He's busy touting his client's latest book around London's literary agents.
• 44. Palace has released two marvellous films that pay homage to our literary heritage.
• 45. Reading literary fiction, he says, makes us more curious.
• 46. Her poetry is full of obscure literary allusion.
• 47. Everyone thinks he has it in him to produce a literary classic.
• 48. She has published more than 20 books including novels, poetry and literary criticism.
• 49. Even my love of literary fame, my ruling passion, never soured my temper.
• 50. Her literary criticism focuses on the way great literature suggests ideas.