literarily
From textual perspective
In a literary manner or from a literary perspective.
The adverb applies to matters of literature or written artistic expression: The novel succeeds literarily even if it fails commercially.
Rarely used compared to "literally," which it sometimes gets confused with.
Implied identity comparison
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
satire · parody · simile · allusion · hyperbole · personification · motif · archetype
Metered poetic passage
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
- meterDevice that measures usage
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
haiku · limerick · ode · ballad · elegy · lyric · assonance · consonance
Quality of sound
- voiceSound from throat
- dictionChoice of words
- prose styleWriter's characteristic expression
- aestheticConcerning beauty or art
genre · register · syntax · cadence · flourish · ornate · spare · lyrical
New and unusual
- essayShort argumentative prose work
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- fictionImagined narrative work
- narrativeAccount of events
storytelling · chapter · paragraph · sentence · draft · revision · authorship · novelist
Storyline or land parcel
- protagonistStory's central figure
- antagonistOne who opposes another
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
- denouementStory's final unraveling
narrator · perspective · subplot · flashback · setting · dialogue · characterization · exposition
metaphor
Implied identity comparison
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
irony · satire · parody · simile · allusion · hyperbole · personification · motif · archetype · pathos
verse
Metered poetic passage
sonnet · haiku · limerick · ode · ballad · elegy · lyric · assonance · consonance · cadence
tone
Quality of sound
- voiceSound from throat
- dictionChoice of words
- prose styleWriter's characteristic expression
aesthetic · genre · register · syntax · cadence · flourish · ornate · spare · lyrical · baroque
novel
New and unusual
- essayShort argumentative prose work
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- fictionImagined narrative work
narrative · storytelling · chapter · paragraph · sentence · draft · revision · authorship · novelist · short story
plot
Storyline or land parcel
- protagonistStory's central figure
- antagonistOne who opposes another
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
denouement · narrator · perspective · subplot · flashback · setting · dialogue · characterization · exposition · resolution
literarilycolloquially
In casual speech
vernacularly · conversationally · informally · artlessly · casually
literarilyliterally
In exact terms
prosaically · scientifically · technically · journalistically · commercially
literarilyorally
By spoken word
verbally · conversationally · colloquially · extemporaneously
letter, literature, literal, literary, literate, literally, illiterate, obliterate, illiteracy