writerly

adjective

writ·​er·​ly ˈrī-tər-lē How to pronounce writerly (audio)
: of, relating to, or typical of a writer

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While Block is in the fourth grade, after his family moves from Indiana to Texas, his mother withdraws him from school, convinced that a traditional academic environment will stifle his budding writerly gifts. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026 Twenty-eight-year-old Caroline Lash blasts into town with writerly ambitions and falls in with a bohemian kayaker and his hometown crew, including an ex-girlfriend who’s pregnant with his baby. Hamilton Cain, Time, 22 Dec. 2025 To my writerly cheer, there was even a young editor from Sydney. Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025 Hot on his heels and relieved that the nor’easter had subsided, a decidedly writerly crowd flooded in. Daniel Paik, Air Mail, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for writerly

Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of writerly was in 1957

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“Writerly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/writerly. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.

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