Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

literary

/ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables
lit-er-ary
IPA
/ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to literature.

adj

Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.

adj

Knowledgeable of literature or writing.

adj

Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.

adj

Bookish.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From French littéraire.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/
  • British English: /ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/

Inflected Forms

more literary (comparative) most literary (superlative)

Derived Forms

antiliterary cyberliterary extraliterary hyperliterary literarily literariness literarist literaryism litRPG metaliterary nonliterary overliterary

Phrases

lego-literary literary agent literary criticism literary device literary executor literary fiction literary form literary genre

Frequently Paired Words

letter literacy literal literate literature

Synonyms

bookly

Questions

How do you pronounce literary?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/.
What does literary mean?
Relating to literature.
Where does literary come from?
From French littéraire.

How to pronounce literary

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  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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