scholarly
[skol-er-lee]
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- like a scholar.
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Origin of scholarly
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Related Words
eruditelearnedintellectualbookishculturededucatedletteredliteratestudioustaughttrainedwell-readscholasticlonghairschooledExamples from the Web for scholarly
Contemporary Examples
In the meantime, much of the book is already available online, and scholarly criticism has already started to trickle in.
Most notably written about by Dr. Gillian Frank in this scholarly retrospective.
For thousands of years, people have had scholarly debates about what constitutes beauty.
The released photos of Kim Jong-un as a scholarly, military-minded youth reinforce this ideology.
Time passed, and periodically a scholarly blog would raise a metaphorical eyebrow about the lack of test results.
Historical Examples
The best Irishmen are the most brilliant, polite, scholarly men I ever met.
Ireland as It IsRobert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
Hyrtl refers to him respectfully as "that scholarly son of Israel."
Old-Time Makers of MedicineJames J. Walsh
He meant something scholarly, worldly, and modern; he was thinking of his own tastes.
The Education of Henry AdamsHenry Adams
Then Birch of the State Department made a precise, scholarly observation.
Ten From InfinityPaul W. Fairman
He wanted to found a learned and scholarly order which should be able to preach and teach.
FolkwaysWilliam Graham Sumner
Word Origin and History for scholarly
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper