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Definition of Nonliterary
1. Adjective. Marked by lack of affectation or pedantry. "Her talk was very unliterary"
Definition of Nonliterary
1. Adjective. not literary ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonliterary
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonliterary
Literary usage of Nonliterary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Year Book by Simon Newton Dexter North, Francis Graham Wickware, Albert Bushnell Hart (1911)
"... and letters, which add to our knowledge of the nonliterary Greek language in
the imperial period and of social and governmental matters in Egypt. ..."
2. A History of American Literature by Percy Holmes Boynton (1919)
"The nonliterary articles on affairs of the day were prepared on assignment by
expert writers such as Ida Tarbell, Ray Stannard Baker, and Lincoln Steffens, ..."
3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"And in these centuries it comes mostly from nonliterary works, including less
formal sources such as letters and journals. This suggests that conjunctive ..."
4. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1900)
"This was a far less sensible contention, for thoughts may be as accurately
expressed in an impure or nonliterary dialect as in a classical one, ..."
5. Great American Universities by Edwin Emery Slosson (1910)
"From the physical side I find a similar indication of good will toward all men,
though less adequately expressed, as befits a nonliterary department: — "In ..."
6. Proceedings of the second Pan American scientific congress: Washington, U. S by Glen Levin Swiggett (1917)
"... interest in things literary, but I should like to speak for a moment of the
literary interests of students who are specializing in nonliterary subjects. ..."
7. The Reading Process by William Anton Smith (1922)
"These characteristics—the encyclopedic, nonliterary, and fragmentary character
of the selections—have been severely condemned. With all their defects, ..."
8. Lord Curzon in India: Being a Selection from His Speeches as Viceroy by George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon, Thomas Raleigh (1906)
"... to a commercial or nonliterary career. Progress in this direction has, on the
whole, been slow, and has varied in different portions of the country. ..."
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