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Definition of literary : 1. Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation.
2. Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man.

Synonyms:

attitude, scholastic, belletristic, donnish, flexible, literate, teach, well-written, pedantical, formalistic, inkhorn, formal

erudite, learned, bookish, academic, pedantic, theoretical, scholarly

Usage examples:

• Hodson broke in: " You literary men make me tired. - "Melomaniacs", James Huneker.
• Its literary history is rather curious. - "A History of English Literature Elizabethan Literature", George Saintsbury.
• A whole week has passed- and has been occupied by my new literary pursuit. - "The Guilty River", Wilkie Collins.