Meanings
comparative more schoolishly · superlative most schoolishly
- quite rareIn a schoolish manner.
This is clearly apparent in its schoolishly Hegelian three-part progression.
1992, Denis Hollier, Against architecture: the writings of Georges Bataille2 more examples
Such a schoolishly overwritten, crammed style characterizes his two novels about the decline of traditional peasant life […]
1988, Iván Boldizsár, NHQ; the new Hungarian quarterly, Volume 29[…] children need not always be sitting schoolishly, but they must be 'actively' occupied.
2006, Paul Smeyers, Marc Depaepe, Educational research: why "what works" doesn't work
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