literary : Idioms & Phrases

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lego-literary

Le"go-lit"er*a*ry adjective
Etymology
See Legal, and Literary.
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to the literature of law.
Webster 1913

literary agent

  • noun an agent who represents an author in dealings with publishers
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literary argument

  • noun a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie
    argument.
    • the editor added the argument to the poem
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literary composition

  • noun imaginative or creative writing
    literary composition.
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literary critic

  • noun a critic of literature
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literary criticism

  • noun a written evaluation of a work of literature
    criticism.
  • noun the informed analysis and evaluation of literature
    lit crit.
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literary genre

  • noun a style of expressing yourself in writing
    genre; writing style.
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literary hack

  • noun a mediocre and disdained writer
    hack writer; hack.
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literary pirate

  • noun someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
    pirate; plagiarist; plagiariser; plagiarizer.
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Literary property

  • . (a) Property which consists in written or printed compositions . (b) The exclusive right of publication as recognized and limited by law.
Webster 1913

literary review

  • noun a review devoted to literary criticism
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literary study

  • noun the humanistic study of literature
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literary work

  • noun imaginative or creative writing
    literary composition.
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