scholarly

[skol-er-lee]

adjective

1. of, like, or befitting a scholar.

   scholarly habits.

2. having the qualities of a scholar.

   a scholarly person.

3. concerned with academic learning and research.

adverb

1. like a scholar.

Other Word Forms

• scholarliness noun
• pseudoscholarly adjective
• quasi-scholarly adjective
• superscholarly adjective
• unscholarly adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of scholarly¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; scholar + -ly

Example Sentences

Accompanied by a scholarly catalog, it is the first show dedicated to the Venetian paintings since 1912.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

This huge volume is readable in a way that too many collections of writers’ letters, however useful to scholarly research, simply are not.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Despite his scholarly assiduity, Metcalfe is moving down an errant path that will never square the facts with lived experience.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

I wondered if I needed to be scholarly.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

“There’s been a lot of rigorous scholarly studies and thinking behind all of the different conservation aspects of the site,” said Luce.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• erudite 
• intellectual 
• learned