Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation.

Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man.

of, relating to, or dealing with literature.

of or relating to or characteristic of literature; "literary criticism"

knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style"

appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing; "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style"