scholarly

English

Etymology

From scholar +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

scholarly (comparative more scholarly, superlative most scholarly)

1. Characteristic of a scholar.
   • 1944 September and October, “The Late R. M. Deeley”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:

     Here undoubtedly the foundations were laid for the notable research work and the scholarly outlook for which his name is remembered.

   • 1995, Almanac of the Federal Judiciary, page 24:

     “He writes incredible opinions and becomes an advocate for his position. He is a very scholarly man.”

   • 2014, Louie Giglio, Passion: The Bright Light of Glory, page 186:

     For those of you that are so scholarly and you've been around the Church for so long, you're like, “Clearly, that is a reference to the triune Godhead.”

2. Of or relating to scholastics or scholarship.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:learned

Derived terms

• nonscholarly
• scholarliness
• scholarly method
• semischolarly
• unscholarly

 

Related terms

• scholastically

Translations

a characteristic of scholars

Bulgarian: начетен (bg) (načeten) German: gelehrt (de) Greek: λόγιος (el) (lógios)

relating to scholars or scholarship

Bulgarian: научен (bg) (naučen) French: érudit (fr), universitaire (fr) German: wissenschaftlich (de) Greek: ακαδημαϊκός (el) (akadimaïkós) Hungarian: tudományos (hu), tudós (hu) Irish: léannta Italian: erudito (it) m Romanian: erudit (ro), academic (ro), universitar (ro) Russian: учёный (ru) (učónyj) Spanish: erudito (es), universitario (es) Thai: เชิงวิชาการ

Adverb

scholarly (comparative more scholarly, superlative most scholarly)

1. (US) In a scholarly manner