Meaning

5 senses
  1. Relating to literature.

    literary fame

    a literary history

    literarisch, schriftstellerisch

    литерату́рныйliteratúrnyj, кни́жныйknížnyj

    літерату́рнийliteratúrnyj, книжко́вийknyžkóvyj

    of or relating to or characteristic of literature

  2. Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.

    a literary man

    literarisch, schriftstellerisch (tätig)

    писа́тельскийpisátelʹskij, литера́торскийliterátorskij

    письме́ннецькийpysʹménnecʹkyj, літера́торськийliterátorsʹkyj, писе́мницькийpysémnycʹkyj

    knowledgeable about literature

  3. Knowledgeable of literature or writing.

    appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing

  4. Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.

    gehoben

    кни́жныйknížnyj

    книжко́вийknyžkóvyj

  5. Bookish.

Examples

77 sentences
  1. From a literary point of view, his work is a failure.

  2. No one was aware of her literary talent.

    Ніхто і не здогадувався про її літературний талант. — deniko

    ruНикто не знал о ее литературном таланте. — afyodor

  3. The religion of one age is the literary entertainment of the next.

    Релігія одного віку це літературне дозвілля наступного. — shanghainese

    deDie Religion einer Epoche ist die literarische Zerstreuung der nachfolgenden. — al_ex_an_der

  4. Can computers actually translate literary works?

    А чи можуть комп'ютери перекладати літературні твори? — aandrusiak

    ruМогут ли компьютеры на самом деле переводить литературные тексты? — Hellerick

  5. I don't believe in the supernatural, but I am fascinated by the literary God.

    Я не вірю у надприроднє, але мене захоплює літературний песонаж бога. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
relating to literature:
relating to writers, or the profession of literature:
Русский
By meaning 2
relating to literature:
relating to writers, or the profession of literature:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
relating to literature:
relating to writers, or the profession of literature:
appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing:

Origin

From French littéraire.

From French littéraire.

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