literary

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

lit·er·ary BrE [ˈlɪtərəri] NAmE [lɪtəreri] adjective
1. connected with literature
•literary criticism/theory
2. (of a language or style of writing)suitable for or typical of a work of literature
•It was Chaucer who really turned English into a literary language.
3. liking literature very much; studying or writing literature
•a literary man

Word Origin:
[literary] mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to the letters of the alphabet’): from Latin litterarius, from littera ‘letter of the alphabet’, (plural) ‘epistle, literature, culture’.

Example Bank:
•She was one of the great literary figures of her age.