Literari

literaryadjective

Alternative meanings

literary; related to literature; characteristic of written works; formal or artistic in style; bookish in a literary sense

Pronunciation

lee-teh-RAH-ree

Root and affixes

Loanword from English literary adapted as literari. It works as an adjective and often appears with words like style, work, criticism, or text.

Variants or conjugations

literari; literary; literatura; sinulat nga literari; estilo nga literari

Related words and expressions

literatura = literature; libro = book; sinulat = written; sugilanon = story; balak = poem; nobela = novel

Meaning and usage notes

Literari is useful in educational, cultural, and literary criticism contexts. In everyday conversation it may sound more natural to explain “may kalabotan sa literatura,” meaning related to literature.