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scholarly
adjective schol·ar·ly \-lē\
: concerned with or relating to formal study or research
: having the characteristics of a scholar
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First Known Use of SCHOLARLY
1638
Related to SCHOLARLY
- Antonyms
- benighted, dark, ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, unlearned, unlettered, unscholarly
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scholarly
adjective schol·ar·ly \ˈskä-lər-lē\
Definition of SCHOLARLY for Kids
: like that of or suitable to learned persons
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