Antonyms for scholarly
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : skol-er-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈskɒl ər li |
Definition of scholarly
Origin :- 1630s, from scholar + -ly (1). Related: Scholarliness.
- adj academic
- The best Irishmen are the most brilliant, polite, scholarly men I ever met.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- Hyrtl refers to him respectfully as "that scholarly son of Israel."
- Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh
- He meant something scholarly, worldly, and modern; he was thinking of his own tastes.
- Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams
- Then Birch of the State Department made a precise, scholarly observation.
- Extract from : « Ten From Infinity » by Paul W. Fairman
- He wanted to found a learned and scholarly order which should be able to preach and teach.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- The most of these depended on a stately and scholarly diction to attract attention.
- Extract from : « Stories Of Georgia » by Joel Chandler Harris
- He had a crooked grin, out of place beneath his scholarly glasses.
- Extract from : « Vigorish » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- It is the ablest and most scholarly writing of a great thinker.
- Extract from : « Tolstoy on Shakespeare » by Leo Tolstoy
- I know which is most scholarly; but I do not know which is best.
- Extract from : « Ariadne Florentina » by John Ruskin
- He was on the verge of seventy and was essentially a man of few, but scholarly tastes.
- Extract from : « Lord John Russell » by Stuart J. Reid
Synonyms for scholarly
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