Usually means: Expressive in written form, articulate.
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  1. writerly: Merriam-Webster
  2. writerly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. writerly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. writerly: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Writerly, writerly: Wordnik
  6. writerly: Wiktionary
  7. writerly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. writerly: Dictionary.com
  9. writerly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Characteristic of a writer; using well-chosen words or well-crafted sentences.
▸ adjective:  of or pertaining to a writer

Similar:
designerly, bright, well-thewed, composerly, neat, elegant, well-turned, formful, witty, artsome, more...

Opposite:
unwriterly, uncreative, unartistic

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Similar:
designerly, bright, well-thewed, composerly, neat, elegant, well-turned, formful, witty, artsome, more...

Opposite:
unwriterly, uncreative, unartistic



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