literary
adjective
pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature.
preliterary
-
a word derived from
literary.
Example Sentences
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We harbor the notiron of a preliterary world, where ideas have yet to be born and we commune directly with reality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2016
It is, in fact, impossible for us moderns, educated in a long literary tradition, to live our lives as naturally and naïvely as the unlettered of to-day, or the people of the preliterary geological epoch.
From Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill
We have already noticed the analytical tendency of preliterary Latin.
From The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature by Frank Frost Abbott
The development then of preliterary Latin under the influence of this systematizing, synthetical influence gave rise to literary Latin, while its independent growth more nearly in accordance with its original genius produced colloquial Latin.
From The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature by Frank Frost Abbott
In our survey of preliterary Latin we had occasion to notice that one of its characteristics was a lack of fixity in the use of forms or constructions.
From The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature by Frank Frost Abbott
