Antonyms for bookish
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : book-ish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʊk ɪʃ |
Definition of bookish
Origin :- 1560s, "literary," from book (n.) + -ish. In sense of "overly studious" it is recorded from 1590s. Related: Bookishly; bookishness.
- adj scholarly
- In a paper on his books, it is permissible to end with a bookish anecdote.
- Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
- I had not dared to look into her eyes, as I talked meaningless, bookish words.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- He's vulgar and hysterical and bookish, but don't think that sums him up.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- No one pretends that Patrick Henry ever became a bookish person.
- Extract from : « Patrick Henry » by Moses Coit Tyler
- Your minds are not your own, but the patches of other people's bookish duds.
- Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
- He was still a sensible, intelligent man, however abstemious and bookish.
- Extract from : « St. Ronan's Well » by Sir Walter Scott
- But generally she was silent, enwrapped, no doubt, in bookish thought.
- Extract from : « The Prophet of Berkeley Square » by Robert Hichens
- Sometimes her English is daintily prim and bookish and captivating.
- Extract from : « A Horse's Tale » by Mark Twain
- HE was the most bookish and the most learned Laureate of them all.
- Extract from : « Literary Celebrities of the English Lake-District » by Frederick Sessions
- From yellow waistcoat to cloth of gold is but a step for a bookish boy.
- Extract from : « Miss Primrose » by Roy Rolfe Gilson
Synonyms for bookish
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