bookishly

Variant of bookish

bookish definition

book·ish (bo̵ok′is̸h)

adjective

  1. of or connected with books
  2. inclined to read and study; literary; scholarly
  3. having mere book learning
  4. pedantic; stodgy

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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