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.
