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Meaning of "writerly" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF WRITERLY

ˈraɪtəlɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WRITERLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Writerly is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES WRITERLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of writerly in the English dictionary

The definition of writerly in the dictionary is of or characteristic of a writer; literary.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WRITERLY

antenatally · bitterly · capitally · centripetally · digitally · fatally · genitally · intravitally · Italy · neonatally · noncommittally · occipitally · orbitally · perinatally · postnatally · prenatally · sagittally · skeletally · supravitally · vitally

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WRITERLY

write · write down · write in · write off · write out · write up · write-in · write-off · write-protect · write-protect notch · write-protected · write-up · writer · Writer to the Signet · writer´s block · writer´s cramp · writeress · writership · writhe · writhen

WORDS THAT END LIKE WRITERLY

clouterly · daughterly · easterly · formerly · headmasterly · latterly · masterly · northeasterly · northwesterly · painterly · quarterly · sinisterly · sisterly · souterly · southeasterly · southwesterly · spinsterly · utterly · westerly · whoremasterly · winterly

Synonyms and antonyms of writerly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «writerly» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of writerly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of writerly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «writerly» in English.
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1,325 millions of speakers
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ru

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писательская
278 millions of speakers
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260 millions of speakers
fr

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d´écrivain
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Secara bertulis
190 millions of speakers
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ja

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Writerly
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mr

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लेखिका
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tr

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karşılaştığım yazar
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writerly
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uk

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письменницька
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ro

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scriitoricesc
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af

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skrywersestetiek
14 millions of speakers
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no

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about writerly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WRITERLY»

Discover the use of writerly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to writerly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Writerly Identities in Beur Fiction and Beyond
In these novels, the central characters are authors who struggle to find self-identity and a place in the world through writing and authorship.
Laura Reeck, 2011
2
The Writerly Life: Selected Non-fiction
This Collection Begins With The Short Essays Which Narayan Wrote As A Weekly Contribution To The Hindu, The Subjects Of Which Are As Diverse As Umbrellas, Weddings, Monkeys, South Indian Coffee, Films, The Black Market, Old Age, The Caste ...
R.K. Narayan, 2001
3
Advice to Writers: A Compendium of Quotes, Anecdotes, and ...
Sagacious, inspiring, and entertaining, Advice to Writers is an essential volume for the writer in every reader. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Jon Winokur, 2010
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Ibn Abi Tahir Tayfur and Arabic Writerly Culture: A Ninth ...
This book re-evaluates the literary history and landscape of third/ninth century Baghdad by demonstrating and emphasising the significance of the important transition from a predominantly oral-aural culture to an increasingly literate and ...
Shawkat M. Toorawa, 2004
5
Dream a Little and My Writerly Self
DREAM A LITTLE In heaven there is no blindness, no poverty, no slavery, no death.
Kerry Susan Drake, 2014
6
The Prostitute and the Prophet: Hosea's Marriage in ...
In the first I briefly distinguish between the type of approach I am adopting and conventional perspectives on Hosea 1-3 using Roland Barthes's distinction between 'readerly' and 'writerly' responses to texts. In the second section I provide a ...
Yvonne Sherwood, 1996
7
Contemporary Critical Theorists: From Lacan to Said
Barthes here distinguishes between two 'types' of text: the scriptible (or readerly) and lisible (or writerly). The writerly is privileged, 'because the goal of literary work ... is to make the reader no longer a consumer but a producer of the text'.25  ...
Jon Simons, 2004
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Picturing Mind: Paradox, Indeterminacy and Consciousness in ...
Barthes suggests the writerly text (scriptible) as an alternative to the readerly text. When presented with a writerly text the reader is encouraged, or forced, to become an active participant in the production of meaning. “A 'writerly' text [...] makes ...
‎2006
9
Dramatic Closure: Reading the End
The readerly text is an imaginary or virtual text, created by the reader's engagement with the writerly text. Until it reaches closure, a readerly text is a process, progressive and recursive, prospective and retrospective, constructive and ...
June Schlueter, 1995
10
The Pleasure of the Text
The French critic and theorist Roland Barthes’s answers to these questions constitute "perhaps for the first time in the history of criticism . . . not only a poetics of reading . . . but a much more difficult achievement, an erotics of ...
Roland Barthes, 1975

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WRITERLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term writerly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Stephen King's 'Finders Keepers' is a writerly mystery
Stephen King's 'Finders Keepers' is a writerly mystery. Updated May 29, 2015 5:03 PM By CHARLES FINCH. Special to Newsday. + -. Stephen King's new novel ... «Newsday, May 15»
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5 to 7: Anton Yelchin Seeks Writerly Inspiration (and an Older …
The Manic Pixie Dream Girl label has become a tired, overused trope in a tired, overused genre in which a one-dimensional female character exists solely to ... «Seattle Weekly, Apr 15»
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Sailing on a writerly wind
It is the show that made advertising and the Sixties even cooler. One wouldn't have thought it was possible, but Mad Men, set in the world of advertising in 1960s ... «The Hindu, Apr 15»
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Writerly advice
Writerly advice. S.M. Pathak (left) with film-maker and writer Piyush Jha. Photo: Saumya Khandelwal/Hindustan Times. Like the rest of the literati, and significant ... «Livemint, Mar 15»
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Kamila Shamsie's writerly impulses
Pakistani writer Kamila Shamsie's sixth novel, A God In Every Stone, was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2015, an award worth $50,000 ... «Livemint, Feb 15»
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The Gambler review: Mark Wahlberg's punt on writerly drama pays off
The Gambler review: Mark Wahlberg's punt on writerly drama pays off. Movies. Date: February 4, 2015. (0); Be the first to write a review; Read later ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 15»
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I hereby resolve...Authors share their writerly resolutions for 2015
What I like best about Twitter is the way the confines of the form encourage all sorts of writerly chicanery. But, despite its eternal promise of perpetual stimulation, ... «The Globe and Mail, Jan 15»
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Excerpt from Masande Ntshanga's “Expedition of Writerly Daring …
Ntshanga has earned high praise from Imraan Coovadia, director of UCT's Creative Writing Programme. Coovadia, whose latest novel is Tales of the Metric ... «Books LIVE, Oct 14»
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Remembering the sad, odd, writerly life of Roberto Bolaño
In this first-ever biography of the acclaimed Chilean novelist Roberto Bolaño, a picture emerges of a writer whose childhood eccentricities developed into a ... «Macleans.ca, Oct 14»
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A Writerly Chill at Jeff Bezos' Campfire
When Jeff Bezos tells writers to keep quiet, they obey. Every fall, Mr. Bezos, the founder of Amazon, hosts Campfire, a literary weekend in Santa Fe, N.M. Dozens ... «New York Times, Sep 14»
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