nonliterary
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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It’s in the series’ DNA to be a little cornball, and that there’s nothing overtly fancy or stylish in the production reflects the sort of nonliterary literature from which it springs.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023
The other, more plausible view is that his nonliterary interests are a profound clue to unraveling his work.
From Scientific American • Jun. 23, 2023
She switches and uses mostly past tense now in discussing nonliterary events.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
In this formulation, “genre” is a pejorative adjective for any kind of mediocre writing rather than a designation for nonliterary styles, and can easily refer to mediocre fiction that happens to carry “literary” markers.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2020
The nineteenth century, in fact, by making education popular, has produced in America the curious spectacle of a reading-public with essentially nonliterary tastes.
From The Certain Hour by Cabell, James Branch
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