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learnedly
Variant of learned
learned
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learned (lʉr′nid; for 3, lʉrnd)
adjective
- having or showing much learning; well-informed; erudite
- having or showing much learning in some special field a learned doctor
- of or characterized by scholarship, study, and learning a learned society
- acquired by study, experience, etc. a learned response
Etymology: orig. pp. of learn in obs. sense of “teach”
Related Forms:
- learnedly learn′·edly adverb
- learnedness learn′·ed·ness noun
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