nonliterary

adjective

1. pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
2. pertaining to authorship: literary style.
3. versed in or acquainted with literature; well-read.
4. engaged in or having the profession of literature or writing: a literary man.
5. characterized by an excessive or affected display of learning; stilted; pedantic.
6. preferring books to actual experience; bookish.

adjective

1. not of, relating to, concerned with, or characteristic of literature or scholarly writing

adjective

1. of, relating to, concerned with, or characteristic of literature or scholarly writinga literary discussion; a literary style
2. versed in or knowledgeable about literaturea literary man
3. (of a word) formal; not colloquial

adj.1640s, “pertaining to alphabet letters,” from French littéraire, from Latin literarius/litterarius “belonging to letters or learning,” from littera/litera “letter” (see letter (n.1)). Meaning “pertaining to literature” is attested from 1737.