SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
scholarly
adjective
Showing the careful study, knowledge, or methods associated with scholarship.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Marked by careful study
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Usage distinction
Return to topScholarly can describe methods, writing, or a person. Bookish concerns an attraction to books, while rigorous can apply outside academic study.
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The scholarly introduction explains the source of each disputed quotation.
A scholarly account of a fictional city's cooking contest compared entrants' notebooks with the judges' surviving score sheets.
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