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bookliest

bookliest is the superlative form of bookly.

Meaning of bookly

Adjective

bookly (comparative booklier or more bookly, superlative bookliest or most bookly)

  1. Of or pertaining to books; literary.
    • As you received this and many other bookly treasures, all for the small annual fee of one dollar, […]1919, Flora Warren Seymour, The Step Ladder: Volumes 1-5, Bookfellows
  2. Learned from books; bookish; by-the-book.
    • He has with him his secretary, who speak the Spanish in a very bookly manner.1932, Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, Improvement era: Volume 36

Questions about bookliest

What is bookliest the superlative form of?
Bookliest is the superlative form of bookly.

Words near bookliest in the dictionary

  1. booklessness
  2. booklet
  3. booklets
  4. booklice
  5. booklier
  6. bookliest
  7. booklift
  8. booklifts
  9. booklight
  10. booklights
  11. booklike

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