Scholarly Definition

skŏlər-lē
adjective

Of or characteristic of a scholar; learned.

Webster's New World
Having or showing much knowledge, accuracy, and critical ability.
Webster's New World
Devoted to learning; studious.
Webster's New World
The definition of scholarly is something known to have a lot of knowledge or to be accurate, or someone that learns all the time.
An example of something scholarly is an eloquent book about a difficult subject; scholarly book.
An example of someone scholarly is a professor who never does anything but learn more about English literature; scholarly professor.
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(US) In a scholarly manner.

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Scholarly Sentence Examples

  • His tastes were scholarly, and he was one of the founders of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

  • His life at this period was a struggle against crushing poverty, but his scholarly ambition was never relaxed.

  • The chief value of this very scholarly book is to be found in its textual side.

  • While the majority of scholarly work addresses Labrouste's Paestum restoration, the present paper focuses on Labrouste's fifth year envoi.

  • The final end, a complete collection of folksongs gathered with scholarly exactitude is still far away.

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