Literary
Literary adjective - Suggestive of the vocabulary used in books.
Professional and literary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Professional" instead an adjective "Literary".
Nearby Words: literal, literature
Professional
Professional adjective - Of or relating to or suitable as a profession.
Literary and professional are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Literary" instead an adjective "Professional".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Come to think about it, if you're a literary detective, amateur or professional, all vacations are working vacations.
Source: The Call Knows Where You Live -
Derek the Bard, professional librarian, often veers between educated literary analysis and history lessons and joking about Farscape.
Source: Sophisticated as Hell - Take the classic literary tale of Beowulf, and change the presentation of the story from an epic tale to Professional Wrestling.
Source: Whole Plot Reference
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