literary

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective of or relating to or characteristic of literature
  2. adjective knowledgeable about literature
  3. adjective appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing

Etymology

From French littéraire.

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