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# literary

adjective (literary, more literary)

«literary» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Literary means to do with literature: books, poems, plays and stories, and the people who write them. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literary/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literary/#x1)
- She won a literary prize for her poems. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literary/#x2)
- Our town has a literary festival every summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literary/#x3)
- «Steed» is a literary word for horse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literary/#x4)
- Sherlock Holmes is a famous literary detective. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literary/#x5)
- He likes literary magazines. [tree →](https://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://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).

## In Jewish tradition

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

- This particular phraseology is one of several hints that the SY may share a particular literary affiliation with the Sifre Emet, the poems of Psalms, Proverbs, and Job. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/literary/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «literary» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literary/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«literary» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/literary.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «literary» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/literary/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«literary» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/literary.html) on Mova free.