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scholarly

scholarly

47 5.6
Showing careful study and deep knowledge about a subject
  • adjective
  • /ˈskɑːlərli/
  • Formal
translation icon : académico
  • The professor's scholarly article was published in a well-known academic journal.
  • scholarly research
  • scholarly work
  • scholarly article

So this was the scholarly critique of his work.

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Examples

  • Surprisingly, for a scholarly work about early Virginia my book was enjoying a brisk nationwide sale.

  • But in scholarly circles, it's enjoyed a serious renaissance.

  • Now, in my earlier work as a scholarly academic, I tried to build models of charity.

  • And is this going to be a scholarly work?

  • Only a few of the artists mentioned above have received scholarly attention.

    Academic text (2011)
  • We need someone with a national scholarly reputation and strong leadership experience.

  • What did the popular and scholarly print literature have to say?

    Academic text (2011)
  • That's the whole point, is to give scholarly consensus on these issues.

  • Revival leaders encouraged the scholarly documentation of the cultural elements they sought to preserve and promote.

    Academic text (1999)
  • They're based on a scholarly treatise I published while at Oxford University.

Synonyms

academic
vsscholarly
383 4.2

Connected to schools, colleges, university study, or research

focuses on learned knowledge and study rigor rather than institutions
erudite
vsscholarly
  • Formal
12 8.4

Having much knowledge from study

is less intensely learned and does not show great depth of study

Antonyms

unscholarly
  • Formal
7.0

Not careful or serious enough for academic work

How Scholarly

erudite
  • Formal
12 8.4
learned
  • Formal
6.0
scholarly
  • Formal
47 5.6
academic
383 4.2

Surface Forms

scholarly positive

Morphology

scholarly = scholar (transparent) = scholar + ly

The adjective is directly formed from the noun 'scholar' with the productive adjective-forming suffix '-ly', giving a clear meaning 'relating to scholars'.

Etymology

Scholarly comes from the same root as scholar and school, words that originally meant a place or time for 'learning'. So something scholarly shows careful study and knowledge, like the work of a scholar.