scholarly
adjective
of, like, or befitting a scholar.
unscholarly
-
a word derived from
scholarly.
Example Sentences
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If it seems odd to mourn the decline of inventive swearing, it’s also an insightful, decidedly unscholarly way to show cultural changes.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2019
“It was a version of the novel that didn’t make any sense to us as scholars, supported by a completely unscholarly source,” Ms. Hutchings-Goetz said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2017
To some, he had long seemed more interested in fame than in careful science, and his press conference struck them as theatrical and unscholarly.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 20, 2016
And it is scholarship of the best kind—carefully researched and referenced, but written with unscholarly grace—to put the point bluntly—and perfectly accessible to the intelligent general reader.
From Salon ● May 15, 2016
He and Mr. Sayce are ‘scholars,’ not mere unscholarly anthropologists.
From Modern Mythology by Andrew Lang
