scholarly

English

Etymology

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