Definition of Scholarly

1. Adjective. Characteristic of scholars or scholarship. "A scholarly attitude"


Definition of Scholarly

1. a. Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique.

Definition of Scholarly

1. Adjective. of or relating to scholars or scholarship ¹

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Definition of Scholarly

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scholarly

schnozzle
schnozzles
schoderite
schoenfliesite
schoenite
schoepite
schoharie grit
schola
schola cantorum
scholar
scholar's mate
scholarism
scholarity
scholarlike
scholarliness
scholarly
scholarly method
scholarly person
scholars
scholarship
scholarships
scholas
scholastic
scholastical
scholastically
scholasticals
scholasticate
scholasticates
scholasticism
scholasticisms

Literary usage of Scholarly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... be a corrective of a too-in- crusted scholarly style, into which some great ones fall at times. It keeps minor writers to a definite plan, and English. ..."

2. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1893)
"Xvo. 15«. TIMES — ' The most elaborate r-lition that has jet Iwn published. It U also one of the most scholarly and competent. ... vM(ii;,|'C'iis-U»le to ..."

3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"t. join, butt (of seams, etc.); see BORDER. academic, a. 1. collegiate, scholarly, scholastic, clerkly (archaic). 9. conventional, formal ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1897)
"... among the unlearned; his books including 'The Divine Love' (1855), 'Paul the Preacher' (1859), etc, in addition to scholarly treatises and commentaries. ..."

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