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

He read scholarly AI research for fun and came to the technology with a deep belief it was going to change the world.

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In the Museum of the American Revolution’s handsome, scholarly exhibition, the two seats underline the complex legacy of this country’s founding document.

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

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

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

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Related Words

• erudite 
• intellectual 
• learned