Definition of "writerly" []

• Of, relating to, characteristic of, or befitting a writer: "set a standard of writerly craft for that...well-wrought magazine” ( Newsweek). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Part of my 'writerly' poetics is happily donning the mantle of a lifelong student of writing, always looking for ways to improve my craft."
• "All this is just one stop in your 'writerly' journey - who knows what you'll be writing next year?"
• "And that kind of writerly growth is kind of cool to recognize in yourself."