scholarly

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/skɒ.lə.li//skɒ.ləɹ.li/

adjective

Characteristic of a scholar.

Opposite
CommonScrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivescholarly (comparative more scholarly, superlative most scholarly)

comparative more scholarly · superlative most scholarly

  1. 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 24
    2 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 265

    For 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
  2. Of or relating to scholastics or scholarship.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecharacteristic of scholars or scholarship

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*seǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*skʰolā́
  3. Ancient Greekσχολή (skholḗ)
  4. Latinschola
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. Late Latinscholāris
  8. Old Englishscōlere
  9. Middle Englishscolere
  10. Englishscholar
  11. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  12. Proto-Germanic*līką
  13. Englishscholarly

From scholar + -ly.

Full word history & related roots →

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
APA

scholarly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scholarly

MLA

“scholarly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scholarly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scholarly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scholarly.

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