Hyphenation of literary

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word literary? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

lit-er-ary

Definitions of literary:

1.	Of or relating to or characteristic of literature Literary criticism
2.	Knowledgeable about literature A literary style
3.	Appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing When trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style

Synonyms of literary:

adj	writing, written material, piece of writing
adj	well-written, literate
adj	formal

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.