scholarly

The definition of scholarly is something known to have a lot of knowledge or to be accurate, or someone that learns all the time.

(adjective)

  1. An example of something scholarly is an eloquent book about a difficult subject; scholarly book.
  2. An example of someone scholarly is a professor who never does anything but learn more about English literature; scholarly professor.

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See scholarly in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. of or characteristic of a scholar (sense ); learned
  2. having or showing much knowledge, accuracy, and critical ability
  3. devoted to learning; studious

See scholarly in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of scholars or scholarship: scholarly pursuits; a scholarly edition with footnotes. See Synonyms at learned.

Related Forms:

  • scholˈar·li·ness noun

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