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 Words From

• scholar·li·ness noun
• pseudo·scholar·ly adjective
• quasi-scholar·ly adjective
• super·scholar·ly adjective
• un·scholar·ly adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of scholarly¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; scholar + -ly

Example Sentences

Her work is dedicated to encouraging the application of scholarly knowledge to important societal problems.

From Nautilus

The group also began a crowdsourced “syllabus” covering scholarly and creative writings addressing all things pandemic.

From Science News

A year ago, my daily reading was largely determined by what curators considered to be important and relevant, catalogue essays and scholarly articles related to upcoming exhibitions.

From Washington Post

Her mother completed high school and encouraged Ginsburg to be independent and scholarly.

From Fortune

Calabi and Yau would have had more right than anyone to interject and suggest something else, but as Yau tells it, they were both proud and happy to watch their names spread together through scholarly publications and through popular culture.

From Nautilus

In the meantime, much of the book is already available online, and scholarly criticism has already started to trickle in.

From The Daily Beast

Most notably written about by Dr. Gillian Frank in this scholarly retrospective.

From The Daily Beast

For thousands of years, people have had scholarly debates about what constitutes beauty.

From The Daily Beast

The released photos of Kim Jong-un as a scholarly, military-minded youth reinforce this ideology.

From The Daily Beast

Yet, once again, the broader scholarly community has been less enthusiastic about the discovery.

From The Daily Beast

His scholarly and linguistic attainments and his varied travels, fitted him well for the task.

From Project Gutenberg

He had scholarly tastes and business ability in pretty equal parts.

From Project Gutenberg

Poetry was scarce but many scholarly articles, often historically inclined, were written.

From Project Gutenberg

Men of refinement and high culture adopted it rather as an article of scholarly adornment.

From Project Gutenberg

This is the best account of the treasures of the buried city that has appeared in English, at once interesting and scholarly.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• erudite
• intellectual
• learned