Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Literary \Lit"er*a*ry\, a. [L. litterarius, literarius,fr.
   littera, litera, a letter: cf. F. litt['e]raire. See
   {Letter}.]
   1. Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to
      learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary
      history; literary conversation.

            He has long outlived his century, the term commonly
            fixed as the test of literary merit.  --Johnson.

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

            In the literary as well as fashionable world.
                                                  --Mason.

   {Literary property}.
      (a) Property which consists in written or printed
          compositions.
      (b) The exclusive right of publication as recognized and
          limited by law.



   4. That to which a person has a legal title, whether in his
      possession or not; thing owned; an estate, whether in
      lands, goods, or money; as, a man of large property, or
      small property.

   5. pl. All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the
      dresses of the actors; stage requisites.

            I will draw a bill of properties.     --Shak.

   6. Propriety; correctness. [Obs.] --Camden.

   {Literary property}. (Law) See under {Literary}.

   {Property man}