Literary vs. Literacy

Literaryadjective

Relating to literature.

Literaryadjective

Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.

Literaryadjective

Knowledgeable of literature or writing.

Literaryadjective

Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.

Literaryadjective

Bookish.

Literaryadjective

Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation.

Literaryadjective

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

Literaryadjective

of or relating to or characteristic of literature;

Literaryadjective

knowledgeable about literature;

Literaryadjective

appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing;

Literaryadjective

concerning the writing, study, or content of literature, especially of the kind valued for quality of form

Literaryadjective

concerned with literature as a profession

Literaryadjective

(of language) associated with literary works or other formal writing; having a marked style intended to create a particular emotional effect

Literacynoun

The ability to read and write.

Literacynoun

Understanding of something (ex. computer literacy).

Literacynoun

State of being literate.

Literacynoun

the ability to read and write

Literacy

Literacy is popularly understood as an ability to read and write in at least one method of writing, an understanding reflected by mainstream dictionaries. In this view, illiteracy would be considered to be the inability to read and write.Some researchers suggest that the history of interest in the concept of “literacy” can be divided into two periods.