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Etymology
Origin of scholarly
Explanation
Someone who's scholarly is a serious student. You can describe your studious friend who's always working on a research paper or reading a huge book as scholarly. Use the adjective scholarly when you talk about a person who is focused on learning — in other words, a scholar. You can also describe things that relate to studying or knowledge as scholarly, like a scholarly article in a journal or a scholarly atmosphere in a library. The Old English word scolere, or "student," is the root of both scholar and scholarly, from the Latin word for school, schola.
Vocabulary lists containing scholarly
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Example Sentences
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He defended the Smithsonian’s scholarly integrity and said he will continue to “protect the importance of doing nuanced, complicated history.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Béatrice’s world is inside scholarly libraries and teak-paneled restaurants with colleagues, where screens are blessedly few.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Whatever the scholarly truth, it’s safe to say that “Pericles, Prince of Tyre,” to give this late romance its full title, is a patchwork.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Arday said the criticism had gone "far beyond scholarly disagreement".
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
It belongs to a different, far bigger and more scholarly book to trace in detail the development of rhetoric teaching and theory between the ancient world and the present day.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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