1640s, "pertaining to alphabet letters," from French littéraire, from Latin literarius/litterarius "belonging to letters or learning," from littera/litera "letter" (see letter (n.1)). Meaning "pertaining to literature" is attested from 1737.
例文
1. Her literary criticism focuses on the way great literature suggests ideas.
彼女の文学批評が集中しているのは、偉大な文学作品が思想を表現する方法だ。
2.Many literary academics simply parrot a set of impressive-sounding phrases.
多くの文人は機械的に耳に残る言葉を真似しているだけだ。
3.By the 1920 's,he was lionised by literary London.
1920年代になると、ロンドン文学界の寵児となった。/
4.The world which the book inhabits seems too self-consciously literary ,too introverted.
同書が描く世界は文学性を意図的に追求しすぎているようで、内に秘めすぎている。
5.He began to churn out literary compositions in English.