"literary" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈlɪtəɹəɹi/ [General-Australian, UK], /ˈlɪt(ə)ɹi/ [General-Australian, UK], /ˈlɪtəɹɛ(ə)ɹi/ [Canada, US], [ˈɫɪɾəɹɛ(ə)ɹi] [Canada, US] Audio: en-us-literary.ogg [US] Forms: more literary [comparative], most literary [superlative]
Etymology: From French littéraire. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|littéraire}} French littéraire Head templates: {{en-adj}} literary (comparative more literary, superlative most literary)
  1. Relating to literature. Translations (relating to literature): literêre (Afrikaans), letterkundige (Afrikaans), letrar (Albanian), أَدَبِيّ (ʔadabiyy) (Arabic), գրական (grakan) (Armenian), lliterariu (Asturian), ədəbi (Azerbaijani), літарату́рны (litaratúrny) (Belarusian), кні́жны (knížny) (Belarusian), литерату́рен (literatúren) (Bulgarian), literari (Catalan), 文學 (Chinese Mandarin), 文学 (wénxué) (Chinese Mandarin), (wén) (Chinese Mandarin), literární (Czech), litterær (Danish), literair (Dutch), literatura (Esperanto), kirjanduslik (Estonian), kirjallinen (Finnish), kaunokirjallinen (Finnish), littéraire (French), literario (Galician), ლიტერატურული (liṭeraṭuruli) (Georgian), literarisch (German), schriftstellerisch (German), साहित्यिक (sāhityik) (Hindi), irodalmi (Hungarian), letterario (Italian), 文学の (bungaku no) (alt: ぶんがくの) (Japanese), әдеби (ädebi) (Kazakh), 문학의 (munhag-ui) (Korean), адабий (adabiy) (Kyrgyz), litterārius (Latin), literārs (Latvian), literatūros (Lithuanian), literatūrinis (Lithuanian), literaresch (Luxembourgish), литерату́рен (literatúren) (Macedonian), sastera (Malay), സാഹിത്യ (sāhitya) (Malayalam), littéthaithe [Jersey] (Norman), litterær (Norwegian Bokmål), litterær (Norwegian Nynorsk), literari (Occitan), ادبی (adabi) (Persian), literacki (Polish), literário (Portuguese), literar (Romanian), литерату́рный (literatúrnyj) (Russian), кни́жный (knížnyj) (Russian), ли̏тера̄ран [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), књи̏же̄внӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), lȉterāran [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), knjȉžēvnī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), literario (Spanish), litterär (Swedish), pampanitikan (Tagalog), адабӣ (adabī) (Tajik), әдәби (ädäbi) (Tatar), edebî (Turkish), edebi (Turkmen), літерату́рний (literatúrnyj) (Ukrainian), книжко́вий (knyžkóvyj) (Ukrainian), اَدَبی (adabī) (Urdu), ئەدەبىي (edebiy) (Uyghur), adabiy (Uzbek), văn học (Vietnamese), văn chương (Vietnamese), llenyddol (Welsh), ליטעראַריש (literarish) (Yiddish), edebi (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-literary-en-adj-GIceMkLi Disambiguation of 'relating to literature': 83 4 4 8 0
  2. Relating to writers, or the profession of literature. Translations (relating to writers, or the profession of literature): literêre (Afrikaans), letterkundige (Afrikaans), գրական (grakan) (Armenian), litterær (Danish), kirjailija- (Finnish), kirjallisuus- (Finnish), kirjallinen (Finnish), literarisch (German), schriftstellerisch (tätig) (German), írói (Hungarian), irodalmi (Hungarian), rašytojų (Lithuanian), litterær (Norwegian Bokmål), litterær (Norwegian Nynorsk), literacki (Polish), писа́тельский (pisátelʹskij) (Russian), литера́торский (literátorskij) (Russian), litterär (Swedish), письме́ннецький (pysʹménnecʹkyj) (english: to writers) (Ukrainian), літера́торський (literátorsʹkyj) (english: to writers) (Ukrainian), писе́мницький (pysémnycʹkyj) (english: to literature) (Ukrainian), llenyddol (Welsh), ליטעראַריש (literarish) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-literary-en-adj-1ryGrYDh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 47 26 24 2 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 1 39 30 27 3 Disambiguation of 'relating to writers, or the profession of literature': 3 87 6 4 0
  3. Knowledgeable of literature or writing. Translations (knowledgeable of literature or writing): kirjallisuutta tunteva (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-literary-en-adj-qoL2YYhO Disambiguation of 'knowledgeable of literature or writing': 2 4 76 17 1
  4. Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing. Translations (appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing): literêre (Afrikaans), գրական (grakan) (Armenian), литерату́рен (literatúren) (Bulgarian), kirjakielinen (Finnish), kirjallinen (Finnish), gehoben (German), emelkedett (Hungarian), választékos (Hungarian), 文学の (bungaku no) (alt: ぶんがくの) (Japanese), 문학의 (munhag-ui) (Korean), książkowy (Polish), кни́жный (knížnyj) (Russian), книжко́вий (knyžkóvyj) (Ukrainian), كىتاۋىي (kitawiy) (Uyghur), văn hoa (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-literary-en-adj-Gdaboant Disambiguation of 'appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing': 4 2 14 80 0
  5. Bookish.
    Sense id: en-literary-en-adj-kGzFlVC4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bookly Related terms: letter, literacy, literal, literate, literature

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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
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          "lang": "Danish",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
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          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "kaunokirjallinen"
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          "lang": "French",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
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          "word": "literario"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "liṭeraṭuruli",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
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          "lang": "German",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "schriftstellerisch"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sāhityik",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "साहित्यिक"
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          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "irodalmi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "letterario"
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "alt": "ぶんがくの",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bungaku no",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "文学の"
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          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ädebi",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "әдеби"
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          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "munhag-ui",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "문학의"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "adabiy",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "адабий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "litterārius"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "literārs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "literatūros"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "literatūrinis"
        },
        {
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          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "literaresch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "literatúren",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "литерату́рен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "sastera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "sāhitya",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "സാഹിത്യ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "littéthaithe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "litterær"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "litterær"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "literari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "adabi",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "ادبی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "literacki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "literário"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "literar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "literatúrnyj",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "литерату́рный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "knížnyj",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "кни́жный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "ли̏тера̄ран"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "књи̏же̄внӣ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "lȉterāran"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
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          "word": "knjȉžēvnī"
        },
        {
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "literario"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "litterär"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "pampanitikan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "adabī",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
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          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
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          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
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          "sense": "relating to literature",
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "knyžkóvyj",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "книжко́вий"
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
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          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "adabī",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
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          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "edebiy",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "ئەدەبىي"
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          "sense": "relating to literature",
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          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "relating to literature",
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "relating to literature",
          "word": "văn chương"
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          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
          "code": "cy",
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          "word": "llenyddol"
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          "_dis1": "83 4 4 8 0",
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          "sense": "relating to literature",
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          "_dis1": "3 87 6 4 0",
          "code": "af",
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          "_dis1": "3 87 6 4 0",
          "code": "hy",
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          "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 6 4 0",
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          "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
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          "_dis1": "3 87 6 4 0",
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          "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 6 4 0",
          "code": "fi",
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
          "word": "kirjallinen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 6 4 0",
          "code": "de",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 6 4 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
          "word": "schriftstellerisch (tätig)"
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        {
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          "code": "hu",
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        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "code": "lt",
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          "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
          "word": "rašytojų"
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        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 6 4 0",
          "code": "nn",
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          "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
          "word": "litterær"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 6 4 0",
          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
          "word": "literacki"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 6 4 0",
          "code": "ru",
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          "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
          "word": "писа́тельский"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 6 4 0",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "literátorskij",
          "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
          "word": "литера́торский"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 6 4 0",
          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
          "word": "litterär"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 6 4 0",
          "code": "uk",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pysʹménnecʹkyj",
          "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
          "word": "письме́ннецький"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 6 4 0",
          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "literátorsʹkyj",
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          "word": "kirjallisuutta tunteva"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 14 80 0",
          "code": "af",
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          "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
          "word": "literêre"
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          "_dis1": "4 2 14 80 0",
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          "roman": "grakan",
          "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
          "word": "գրական"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 14 80 0",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 14 80 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
          "word": "kirjakielinen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 14 80 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
          "word": "kirjallinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 14 80 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
          "word": "gehoben"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
          "word": "emelkedett"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 14 80 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
          "word": "választékos"
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          "roman": "bungaku no",
          "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
          "word": "文学の"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 14 80 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "munhag-ui",
          "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
          "word": "문학의"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 14 80 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
          "word": "książkowy"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 14 80 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
          "word": "кни́жный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 14 80 0",
          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "knyžkóvyj",
          "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
          "word": "книжко́вий"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 14 80 0",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "kitawiy",
          "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
          "word": "كىتاۋىي"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 14 80 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
          "word": "văn hoa"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "literêre"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "letterkundige"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "letrar"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "أَدَبِيّ"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "grakan",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "գրական"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "lliterariu"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "ədəbi"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "літарату́рны"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "knížny",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "кні́жны"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "literatúren",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "литерату́рен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "literari"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "文學"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wénxué",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "文学"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wén",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "文"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "literární"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "litterær"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "literair"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "literatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "kirjanduslik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "kirjallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "kaunokirjallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "littéraire"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "literario"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "liṭeraṭuruli",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "ლიტერატურული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "literarisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "schriftstellerisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sāhityik",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "साहित्यिक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "irodalmi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "letterario"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぶんがくの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bungaku no",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "文学の"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ädebi",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "әдеби"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "munhag-ui",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "문학의"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "adabiy",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "адабий"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "litterārius"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "literārs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "literatūros"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "literatūrinis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "literaresch"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "literatúren",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "литерату́рен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "sastera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "sāhitya",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "സാഹിത്യ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey"
      ],
      "word": "littéthaithe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "litterær"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "litterær"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "literari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "adabi",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "ادبی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "literacki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "literário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "literar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "literatúrnyj",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "литерату́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "knížnyj",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "кни́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ли̏тера̄ран"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "књи̏же̄внӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "lȉterāran"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "knjȉžēvnī"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "literario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "litterär"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "pampanitikan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "adabī",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "адабӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "ädäbi",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "әдәби"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "edebî"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "edebi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "literatúrnyj",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "літерату́рний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "knyžkóvyj",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "книжко́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "adabī",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "اَدَبی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "edebiy",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "ئەدەبىي"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "adabiy"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "văn học"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "văn chương"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "llenyddol"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "literarish",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "ליטעראַריש"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "relating to literature",
      "word": "edebi"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "literêre"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "letterkundige"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "grakan",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "գրական"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "litterær"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "kirjailija-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "kirjallisuus-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "kirjallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "literarisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "schriftstellerisch (tätig)"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "írói"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "irodalmi"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "rašytojų"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "litterær"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "litterær"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "literacki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pisátelʹskij",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "писа́тельский"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "literátorskij",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "литера́торский"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "litterär"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "english": "to writers",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pysʹménnecʹkyj",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "письме́ннецький"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "english": "to writers",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "literátorsʹkyj",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "літера́торський"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "english": "to literature",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pysémnycʹkyj",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "писе́мницький"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "llenyddol"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "literarish",
      "sense": "relating to writers, or the profession of literature",
      "word": "ליטעראַריש"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "knowledgeable of literature or writing",
      "word": "kirjallisuutta tunteva"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
      "word": "literêre"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "grakan",
      "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
      "word": "գրական"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "literatúren",
      "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
      "word": "литерату́рен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
      "word": "kirjakielinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
      "word": "kirjallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
      "word": "gehoben"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
      "word": "emelkedett"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
      "word": "választékos"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぶんがくの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bungaku no",
      "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
      "word": "文学の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "munhag-ui",
      "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
      "word": "문학의"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
      "word": "książkowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "knížnyj",
      "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
      "word": "кни́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "knyžkóvyj",
      "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
      "word": "книжко́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "kitawiy",
      "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
      "word": "كىتاۋىي"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing",
      "word": "văn hoa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "literary"
}

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