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subliterary

subliterary adjective: below the level of literature.

Adjective

subliterary (comparative more subliterary, superlative most subliterary)

  1. Below the level of literature.
    • The narrative structure of a "subliterary" or "popular" genre like the dime novel may be reduced to a diagram or formula.1986, Thomas Kent, Interpretation and Genre, page 102

Forms of subliterary

comparativemore subliterary
superlativemost subliterary

Origin of subliterary

From sub- + literary.

Questions about subliterary

What does subliterary mean?
Subliterary means below the level of literature.
What part of speech is subliterary?
Subliterary is an adjective.

Words near subliterary in the dictionary

  1. subliquid
  2. sublist
  3. sublists
  4. subliteracies
  5. subliteracy
  6. subliterary
  7. subliterate
  8. subliterately
  9. subliterates
  10. subliterature
  11. subliteratures

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