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scholarly

/skɒ.lə.li/adjective3 syllables

Scholarly means: characteristic of scholars or scholarship.

Synonyms for scholarly10

adjective, as in characteristic of scholars or scholarship

academic, donnish, pedantic, bookish, studious, erudite, learned, critical, intellectual, profound

Opposites of scholarly

unscholarly

What does scholarly mean?1

adjective

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characteristic of scholars or scholarship“scholarly pursuits”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Scholarly in a sentence

  • Scholarly as he is, he can't be relied on.auxitt
  • Israeli historian Ilan Pappe wrote many scholarly works.OsoHombre
  • To read books in a scholarly manner is a feat that requires more than just liking to read.pip
  • This is an edition for scholarly use.rul

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