[ literary ]

literary \'lit-er-air-ie\ adj 1 : having characteristics of letters, learning, and literature 2 : a descriptor often used pretentiously or inappropriately to indicate the erudite 3 : a more inventive writing style requiring the reader to cerebrate 4 : a word that scares mainstream publishers 5 : a form sometimes mangled by doctors
syn SCHOLARLY, LEARNED, BELLETRISTIC, AUTHORIAL, NOT PARTICULARLY POPULAR

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