Meanings
comparative more scholarly · superlative most scholarly
- Characteristic of a scholar.
“He writes incredible opinions and becomes an advocate for his position. He is a very scholarly man.”
1995, Almanac of the Federal Judiciary, page 242 more examples
Here undoubtedly the foundations were laid for the notable research work and the scholarly outlook for which his name is remembered.
1944 September and October, “The Late R. M. Deeley”, in Railway Magazine, page 265For those of you that are so scholarly and you've been around the Church for so long, you're like, “Clearly, that is a reference to the triune Godhead.”
2014, Louie Giglio, Passion: The Bright Light of Glory, page 186 - Of or relating to scholastics or scholarship.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecharacteristic of scholars or scholarship
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*seǵʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*skʰolā́
- Ancient Greekσχολή (skholḗ)
- Latinschola
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Late Latinscholāris
- Old Englishscōlere
- Middle Englishscolere
- Englishscholar
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishscholarly
Translations
Bulgarian начетен, научен
- начетен (načeten)a characteristic of scholars
- научен (naučen)relating to scholars or scholarship
Chinese 学术性的;好学的;学术界的
- 学术性的;好学的;学术界的a characteristic of scholars
French érudit, universitaire
- éruditrelating to scholars or scholarship
- universitairerelating to scholars or scholarship
German gelehrt, wissenschaftlich
- gelehrta characteristic of scholars
- wissenschaftlichrelating to scholars or scholarship
Greek λόγιος, ακαδημαϊκός
- λόγιος (lógios)a characteristic of scholars
- ακαδημαϊκός (akadimaïkós)relating to scholars or scholarship
Hungarian tudományos, tudós
- tudományosrelating to scholars or scholarship
- tudósrelating to scholars or scholarship
Irish léannta
- léanntarelating to scholars or scholarship
Italian erudito
- eruditorelating to scholars or scholarship
Romanian erudit, academic
- eruditrelating to scholars or scholarship
- academicrelating to scholars or scholarship
- universitarrelating to scholars or scholarship
Russian учёный
- учёный (učónyj)relating to scholars or scholarship
Spanish docto, universitario
- doctoa characteristic of scholars
- universitariorelating to scholars or scholarship
Thai เชิงวิชาการ
- เชิงวิชาการrelating to scholars or scholarship
Cite this entry
scholarly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scholarly
“scholarly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scholarly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scholarly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scholarly.
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