literary
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of literature
literary criticism
Related & opposite
- literature derivation
- literature pertains to
Sense 2 adjective
knowledgeable about literature
a literary style
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing
when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style
Related & opposite
- formal similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | literature |
| 1 | pertains to | Related & opposite | literature |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lit |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | literate |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | formal |