booky
Americanadjective
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very interested in or devoted to books and reading; bookish.
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relating to books or their production, sale, or storage; full of books; making or selling books.
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like a book or evocative of the kind of thing one reads about in books; having a literary air.
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characteristic of a specified kind of book (used in combination, especially in comic-booky).
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Like many booky children, I grew up with three options: science fiction, fantasy and Blyton.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2019
It should be no surprise that director Zack Snyder's style for the film is simultaneously murky and full of crisp color — it's really quite comic booky, in a way.
From The Verge ● Apr. 24, 2015
Does that sort of detail make my booky wook any less leaden?
From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2010
You ought to have married a man who would love you whatever you did—who wouldn't want you to be booky and clever, but would think you perfect in every way.
From The Making of a Soul by Rhodes, Kathlyn
I want to know all about real things, not booky things.
From New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
In books there always are two ways out of secret rooms, and this," he added cheerfully, "is the bookiest thing that's happened to us yet.
From The Wonderful Bed by Knevels, Gertrude
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