how to pronounce literary

/ˈlɪtɚˌɛɹiː/

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literary is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of literary in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… for the Dubai literary international …”

meanings of literary

adjective:

Bookish.
Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
Relating to literature.

literary frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word literary occurs in english on average 32.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics literary can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that literary can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;