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What does the "marker" (?) やや書 used in Japanese-English dictionaries indicate?

In addition how would you pronounce the phrase when citing someone a definition from a dictionary? やや書{しょ}? やや書{かき}?

I cannot pinpoint any pattern in below examples and I can't find a definition of the phrase itself. Trying to devise its literal meaning "usually in writing" (?) does not really match the examples (why "insecure" would be marked as a written form?)

ときの声を上げる
: shout [｟やや書｠ raise] a war cry.

[2] 疑わしい doubtful
: （不確実な） uncertain; （不安定な） unsteady, ｟やや書｠ insecure; （信用できない） unreliable.

やや
: 〖少し〗a little, ｟話｠ a (little) bit; 【少しばかり】slightly; 【いくぶん】rather (!控えめにいってかえって意味を強める) , ｟やや書｠ somewhat (!rather より客観的な語) ; 【ある程度まで】to some extent.

さしおく 差し置く
: (意図的に無視する) ignore, (やや書) disregard; (そのままにしておく) leave.

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For this sort of question, you should check the 凡例 of the dictionary.

The Wisdom E-J defines 話 and 書 like this:

　〔話〕　　　(話し言葉(spoken))
　〔書〕　　　(書き言葉(written))

The Wisdom J-E defines them like this:

　〔話〕　　　口語
　〔書〕　　　改まった語，文語

But I think the abbreviations must still come from 話し言葉 and 書き言葉, in any case.

So in this case, I think 書 is a dictionary-specific abbreviation indicating 書き言葉 'written language'. They're suggesting that the English translation marked with やや書 is a bit more characteristic of written language than spoken.