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literarily

literarily adverb: in a literary manner.

Adverb

literarily (comparative more literarily, superlative most literarily)

  1. In a literary manner.
    • When he spoke, he spoke in allusion, literarily, often pausing to check, with a look, whether I followed.2023, Justin Torres, Blackouts, Granta Books (2024), page 41

Forms of literarily

comparativemore literarily
superlativemost literarily

Origin of literarily

From literary + -ly.

Questions about literarily

What does literarily mean?
Literarily means in a literary manner.
What part of speech is literarily?
Literarily is an adverb.

Words near literarily in the dictionary

  1. literalness
  2. literalnesses
  3. literals
  4. literarian
  5. literarians
  6. literarily
  7. literariness
  8. literarist
  9. literarists
  10. literary
  11. literary agent

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