pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, esp. those classed as literature

literary history.

pertaining to authorship

literary style.

versed in or acquainted with literature; well-read.

engaged in or having the profession of literature or writing

a literary man.

characterized by an excessive or affected display of learning; stilted; pedantic.

preferring books to actual experience; bookish.

adjective

illiterate

adjective

belletristic , bookish , classical , erudite , formal , learned , lettered , literate , scholarly , well-read , academic , donnish , formalistic , inkhorn , pedantical , scholastic , anthologized , augustan , educated , intellectual , pedantic , versed