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# literary

«literary» in Mova's school dictionary: **to do with literature: books, poems, plays and stories…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (literary, more literary)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Literary means to do with literature: books, poems, plays and stories, and the people who write them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literary/#m1)

2) Literary language is the special, fancy kind used in books, not in everyday talk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literary/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons: literary devices (simile, metaphor), a literary prize, literary characters. It tells the reader something belongs to the world of books. Phrases: literary device, literary festival, literary language.

### examples

- A simile is a literary device. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literary/#x1)
- She won a literary prize for her poems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literary/#x2)
- Our town has a literary festival every summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literary/#x3)
- «Steed» is a literary word for horse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literary/#x4)
- Sherlock Holmes is a famous literary detective. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literary/#x5)
- He likes literary magazines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literary/#x6)
- The close of Perrault's official career marked the beginning of his period of greatest literary activity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literary/#x7)

### note

Do not confuse «literary» (about books) with «literally» (really, exactly) or «literacy» (being able to read and write).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «literary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.