as in learned
suggestive of the vocabulary used in books
the novel's dialogue is a little too literary in flavor to be entirely convincing
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Recent Examples of literary
Here’s where Twain has written himself to the edge of a literary cliff.
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John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
Dozens of local students and literary activists — including author Ann Patchett and actor David Arquette — gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday for the inaugural Literary Day on the Hill, an event aimed at combating the rise in book bans across Tennessee.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Schiffman previously served as a partner at Intellectual Property Group and as head of literary property divisions at both Gersh and William Morris Endeavor before joining Echo Lake.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 June 2025
Developers feed their chatbot models on a torrent of material, much of it scraped from the web — everything from distinguished literary works to random babbling — as well as collections holding millions of books, articles, scientific papers and the like, some of it copyrighted.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
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John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
Dozens of local students and literary activists — including author Ann Patchett and actor David Arquette — gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday for the inaugural Literary Day on the Hill, an event aimed at combating the rise in book bans across Tennessee.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Schiffman previously served as a partner at Intellectual Property Group and as head of literary property divisions at both Gersh and William Morris Endeavor before joining Echo Lake.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 June 2025
Developers feed their chatbot models on a torrent of material, much of it scraped from the web — everything from distinguished literary works to random babbling — as well as collections holding millions of books, articles, scientific papers and the like, some of it copyrighted.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for literary
Adjective
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This kind of trading is seen as a form of learned behavior, where dogs associate a specific action with a reward.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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Hoping to learn more about the learned behavior, researchers set up trail cameras to capture video of the cockatoos drinking, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2025
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Much of intellectual history is a recombination of prior thought in new contexts.—
Chris Reed,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Raimondi hauls in some sociology professors at the end of his book, for intellectual heft, but his case is already made: The ones least caught out by the rise of Donald Trump were the real wrestling fans.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
6 July 2025
Adjective
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Cowan’s interest in juggling isn’t purely academic.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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But Nicole DeWitt, the district’s deputy superintendent, said around $13 million for educator support professional development, multilingual education, academic enrichment and before- and after-school programs could be impacted.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 July 2025
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Solar Power’s acoustic shampoo-commercial pop signified a degree of freedom from the usual rueful, bookish synth-pop grind.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2025
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The story is about a bookish Black girl, in love with English literature (and the emotionally indecipherable white professor teaching it) at a predominantly white university in 1949, losing her childhood illusions — and then, in a gothic twist, losing much more.—
Scott Brown,
New York Times,
2 Dec. 2022
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Distinguished Cadet Honors were awarded to cadets with scholastic standing and all-around aptitude in NJROTC activities.—
Cadet Nadeen Willat,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 July 2025
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Today, youth sports are dominated by expensive club or travel teams that compete outside of local scholastic programs.—
Russell Dinkins,
Sportico.com,
10 June 2025
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The Barbizon quickly became a magnet for the ambitious, glamorous, and erudite—a young Joan Didion once called it home, as did Cybill Shepherd—who came to the Big Apple to pursue their dreams.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
19 June 2025
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Her transcripts of their conversations can read like early drafts of movie dialogue between two erudite thinkers, untangling the convoluted knots of difficult family histories.—
Evelyn McDonnell
June 5,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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“Literary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/literary. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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