writerlyadj.

Brit.

/ˈrʌɪtəli/, U.S.

/ˈraɪdərli/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: writer n., -ly suffix¹.

Etymology: < writer n. + -ly suffix¹, after painterly adj.In sense 3 after French scriptible ( R. Barthes S/Z (1970) ii. 11).

1. Of, appropriate to, or characteristic of a writer.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [adjective]

authorical1731

authorial1757

authorly1784

authorish1817

auctorial1821

writerly1957

1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Aug. p. xxxvii/2 Serious Canadian writers at present are firmly resolved to concentrate upon the writerly virtues.

1965 Observer 9 May 26/4 The oldest of writerly practices: taking his material from the strangeness of life.

1982 Listener 23 Dec. 56/3 Saunders dissecting writerly old age and the onset of what appears to be terminal cynicism.

1996 Guardian 14 Dec. 19/3 His passionate writerly curiosity about whatever the world presented to him.

2016 Writers' & Artists' Yearbk. 2017 255 I decided to give myself a pseudonym... Mary Thorntons sounded altogether more writerly than Rachel Joyce.

2. Of writing or its style: characterized by the (self-conscious) use of markedly literary language or techniques. Also of a writer: having or noted for such a writing style.In later use sometimes coloured by sense 3.

1958 Spectator 24 Jan. 114/1 It takes a well-organized climax..to unmask this..young man and round off a clever and writerly book.

1970 Los Angeles Times 25 Oct. 9/2 His kind of effects are considered suspect these days. It is always possible to say of such a writer that he is writerly, the same that painters are accused of being painterly.

1989 Times Reporter (Dover, Ohio) 8 Oct. c4/5 The least writerly of our major authors, Bellow is one for whom the written word most closely approximates the spoken word.

1996 Observer 20 Oct. Rev. section 17/6 The prose is more writerly, the sentences longer and the style more self-conscious.

2010 M. M. Murphy Scout, Atticus & Boo (2015) 162 To Kill a Mockingbird isn't a writerly book. There are not a whole lot of verbal pyrotechnics.

3. Literary Theory. Of a text: admitting of a range of possible interpretations; demanding the active engagement of the reader; = open adj. 27e. Usually opposed to readerly adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adjective] > other specific style

judicial1532

heroic1590

judiciary1603

wild1645

heroi-comic1708

mock-heroic1708

heroi-comical1712

flebilea1734

prosai-comi-epic1749

lusory1779

sulphureous1791

harlequinic1804

mock-heroical1825

newspaperish1825

marmoreal1892

kailyard1895

freestyle1906

paperback1921

nouny1926

Time-ese1947

nounal1952

kitchen sink1959

effectist1961

writerly1974

dirty realist1984

1974 R. Miller tr. R. Barthes S/Z 5 The writerly text [Fr. texte scriptible] is ourselves writing, before the infinite play of the world..is traversed, intersected, stopped, plasticized by some singular system..which reduces..the infinity of languages.

1981 Contemp. Lit. 22 304 Writerly works, because they depend so much on the ‘play’ of language, seem, by their very nature,..to generate multiple meanings.

1999 J. D. Andriano Immortal Monster Introd. p. xvii Postmodernist productions..are certainly more overtly writerly than what Barthes calls classic texts.

2007 G. Aichele in A. W. Hass et al. Oxf. Handbk. Eng. Lit. & Theol. iii. xix. 318 Ideological influence on reading is more evident in relation to relatively writerly texts..where the reader must work harder to make sense of the text.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	writerly
释义	writerlyadj. Brit. /ˈrʌɪtəli/, U.S. /ˈraɪdərli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: writer n., -ly suffix¹. Etymology: < writer n. + -ly suffix¹, after painterly adj.In sense 3 after French scriptible ( R. Barthes S/Z (1970) ii. 11). 1. Of, appropriate to, or characteristic of a writer. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [adjective] authorical1731 authorial1757 authorly1784 authorish1817 auctorial1821 writerly1957 1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Aug. p. xxxvii/2 Serious Canadian writers at present are firmly resolved to concentrate upon the writerly virtues. 1965 Observer 9 May 26/4 The oldest of writerly practices: taking his material from the strangeness of life. 1982 Listener 23 Dec. 56/3 Saunders dissecting writerly old age and the onset of what appears to be terminal cynicism. 1996 Guardian 14 Dec. 19/3 His passionate writerly curiosity about whatever the world presented to him. 2016 Writers' & Artists' Yearbk. 2017 255 I decided to give myself a pseudonym... Mary Thorntons sounded altogether more writerly than Rachel Joyce. 2. Of writing or its style: characterized by the (self-conscious) use of markedly literary language or techniques. Also of a writer: having or noted for such a writing style.In later use sometimes coloured by sense 3. Π 1958 Spectator 24 Jan. 114/1 It takes a well-organized climax..to unmask this..young man and round off a clever and writerly book. 1970 Los Angeles Times 25 Oct. 9/2 His kind of effects are considered suspect these days. It is always possible to say of such a writer that he is writerly, the same that painters are accused of being painterly. 1989 Times Reporter (Dover, Ohio) 8 Oct. c4/5 The least writerly of our major authors, Bellow is one for whom the written word most closely approximates the spoken word. 1996 Observer 20 Oct. Rev. section 17/6 The prose is more writerly, the sentences longer and the style more self-conscious. 2010 M. M. Murphy Scout, Atticus & Boo (2015) 162 To Kill a Mockingbird isn't a writerly book. There are not a whole lot of verbal pyrotechnics. 3. Literary Theory. Of a text: admitting of a range of possible interpretations; demanding the active engagement of the reader; = open adj. 27e. Usually opposed to readerly adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adjective] > other specific style judicial1532 heroic1590 judiciary1603 wild1645 heroi-comic1708 mock-heroic1708 heroi-comical1712 flebilea1734 prosai-comi-epic1749 lusory1779 sulphureous1791 harlequinic1804 mock-heroical1825 newspaperish1825 marmoreal1892 kailyard1895 freestyle1906 paperback1921 nouny1926 Time-ese1947 nounal1952 kitchen sink1959 effectist1961 writerly1974 dirty realist1984 1974 R. Miller tr. R. Barthes S/Z 5 The writerly text [Fr. texte scriptible] is ourselves writing, before the infinite play of the world..is traversed, intersected, stopped, plasticized by some singular system..which reduces..the infinity of languages. 1981 Contemp. Lit. 22 304 Writerly works, because they depend so much on the ‘play’ of language, seem, by their very nature,..to generate multiple meanings. 1999 J. D. Andriano Immortal Monster Introd. p. xvii Postmodernist productions..are certainly more overtly writerly than what Barthes calls classic texts. 2007 G. Aichele in A. W. Hass et al. Oxf. Handbk. Eng. Lit. & Theol. iii. xix. 318 Ideological influence on reading is more evident in relation to relatively writerly texts..where the reader must work harder to make sense of the text. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < adj.1957
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