Quote Originally Posted by Helenej View Post
When I said that a word in a particular context sounds bookish to me I meant that it is not typical of colloquial speech, but rather of literature style. Maybe I should just say, "It sounds like in the literature"? But it's not compact. We say, "Выражение относится к литературному стилю."
Oh! I'm sorry, I misunderstood what you were saying, Helene. Maybe in that case you can just say, "It sounds literary".