literariness|ˈlɪtərərɪnɪs| [f. literary + -ness.] The quality of being literary. 1877Mallock New Republic I. iii. i. 239 Why, I thought culture was books and literariness, and all that.1899Academy 16 Dec. 715/2 Most good literary critics, if they have not style, have ‘literariness’.