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bookishly

bookishly adverb: in a bookish manner.

Adverb

bookishly (comparative more bookishly, superlative most bookishly)

  1. In a bookish manner.
    • She is intelligent, and bookishly erudite.

Forms of bookishly

comparativemore bookishly
superlativemost bookishly

Origin of bookishly

From bookish + -ly.

Questions about bookishly

What does bookishly mean?
Bookishly means in a bookish manner.
What part of speech is bookishly?
Bookishly is an adverb.

Words near bookishly in the dictionary

  1. booking offices
  2. booking on
  3. booking up
  4. bookings
  5. bookish
  6. bookishly
  7. bookishness
  8. bookism
  9. bookisms
  10. bookist
  11. bookists

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