[attrib.]concerning the writing, study, or content of literature, especially of the kind valued for quality of form 文学的 the great literary works of the nineteenth century. 十九世纪伟大的文学作品。 ■concerned with literature as a profession 文学工作的,文字的 literary editor of Punch. 《笨拙画报》的文字编辑。
(of language) associated with literary works or other formal writing; having a marked style intended to create a particular emotional effect 文学语言的;书面的;精通文学的
派生 literarily adverb literariness noun 语源
mid 17th cent. (in the sense 'relating to the letters of the alphabet'): from Latin litterarius, from littera (see letter)