英语词汇“literary”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Use literary when you want to indicate writing with high artistic qualities. Something doesn't have to be "literature" to be literary, but they are related.

Literary comes from the Latin litterarius, meaning "letters," as in letters of the alphabet. Think of literary writing as writing that explores the richness of language or even contributes to it, especially in a high cultural way. The clever rhymes you invented about your grade school principal's bathing habits made your classmates laugh, but that doesn't make them great literary achievements.

WORD FAMILY

literary: literarily, literature, nonliterary, subliterary, unliterary+/literature: literatures

USAGE EXAMPLES

All around her there are silences, empty places, held breaths—an extraordinary act of literary finesse.

The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017)

The Seattle literary scene is emerging from its December deep freeze.

Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017)

Why does actor Benedict Cumberbatch cut such a dash as British literary detective Sherlock Holmes?

Reuters(Dec 31, 2016)

1adj of or relating to or characteristic of literature

literary criticism

2adj appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing

when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style

Syn

formal

(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms

3adj knowledgeable about literature

a literary style

Syn

literate

versed in literature; dealing with literature

单词	literary
释义	literary (once / 58 pages) adj Use literary when you want to indicate writing with high artistic qualities. Something doesn't have to be "literature" to be literary, but they are related. Literary comes from the Latin litterarius, meaning "letters," as in letters of the alphabet. Think of literary writing as writing that explores the richness of language or even contributes to it, especially in a high cultural way. The clever rhymes you invented about your grade school principal's bathing habits made your classmates laugh, but that doesn't make them great literary achievements. WORD FAMILY literary: literarily, literature, nonliterary, subliterary, unliterary+/literature: literatures USAGE EXAMPLES All around her there are silences, empty places, held breaths—an extraordinary act of literary finesse. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) The Seattle literary scene is emerging from its December deep freeze. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Why does actor Benedict Cumberbatch cut such a dash as British literary detective Sherlock Holmes? Reuters(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj of or relating to or characteristic of literature literary criticism 2adj appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style Syn formal (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms 3adj knowledgeable about literature a literary style Syn literate versed in literature; dealing with literature
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