The clue is superseded any more directly literary aims , So, what was the novelist doing ?
The answer is devoting much of his writing to illustrate their character’s clothing(which is a non-direct literary aim acc. to question) . Thus , we need a blank which says something about clothing.
Lets’ look at answer choices : -
C and E are synonyms and as we can only select one answer choice thus, both are out !!
A - is relating to education, but no mention of clothes
B- is about syntax so same as A
D- Only choice that is left
Answer - D
Sartorial inelegance is often referred to a fashion faux pas in the slang version of English…
Sartorial literally means related to clothing…Here are a few other synonyms habiliment, raiment etc.