literary
adjective
pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature.
literarily
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a word derived from
literary.
Example Sentences
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We are always looking to continue expressing ourselves literarily.
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2025
Cheney’s new book, “Oath and Honor,” is a mostly straightforward, occasionally repetitive, literarily undistinguished account of that investigation as well as its antecedents and aftermath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
But for literarily inclined members of my generation, the key text on sentimental education was Jeffrey Eugenides’s 2011 novel “The Marriage Plot.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2020
But when he’s traveling further afield, he finds himself exploring literarily, too, searching out books either set in the region or by an author from it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2018
Our drama is literally and literarily a farce, and no drama that any one expects to live has been written for more than a century.
From Education: How Old The New by James J. Walsh
