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SCHOLARLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Characteristic of scholars or scholarship

Example:

a scholarly attitude

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

academic; donnish; pedantic (marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects)

bookish; studious (characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading)

erudite; learned (having or showing profound knowledge)

Also:

critical (characterized by careful evaluation and judgment)

intellectual (appealing to or using the intellect)

profound (showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth)

Antonym:

unscholarly (not scholarly)

Derivation:

scholar (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)

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