Of or relating to literature; = literary, adj. 1. Obsolete.

Of, belonging, or relating to letters or literature, or to people engaged with this; literary. Now rare.

Of or belonging to a book or books; literary.

figurative. Consisting of or carried on by means of pamphlets, documents, letters to periodicals, etc.; literary, written.

Of or relating to the writing, study, or content of literature, esp. of the kind valued for quality of form; of the nature of literature. Also in…

Literary.

Of or pertaining to belles-lettres.

One devoted to belles-lettres. attributive or as adj. = belletristic, adj.

= literary, adj. Also lit. crit.: literary criticism; lit. ed.: literary editor; lit. sup.: literary supplement.

Of something set down in writing, esp. a literary composition. Expressed in an appropriate or recognized literary form or style; composed or revised…