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librarial

UK/laɪˈbɹɛəɹi.əl/US/laɪˈbɹɛɹi.əl/

librarial adjective: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a library, librarianship or librarians.

Adjective

librarial (comparative more librarial, superlative most librarial)

  1. (rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a library, librarianship or librarians.
    • Those wire-framed glasses made Babel look like a librarian, but his silence is not librarial.1986, Michael Gregory Stephens, The Dramaturgy of Style: Voice in Short Fiction, page 25
    • a nonprofit association or corporation, whose aims and objectives are religious, educational, librarial, or community service in nature2004, McGillivary, Glenn, et al., Wage and Hour Laws: A State-by-state Survey, page 649

Synonyms of librarial

Forms of librarial

comparativemore librarial
superlativemost librarial

Origin of librarial

From library + -al.

Words that rhyme with librarial

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about librarial

What does librarial mean?
Librarial means of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a library, librarianship or librarians.
What part of speech is librarial?
Librarial is an adjective.
How do you pronounce librarial?
Librarial is pronounced /laɪˈbɹɛəɹi.əl/ (UK).

Words near librarial in the dictionary

  1. Libramont
  2. Libran
  3. librandu
  4. librandus
  5. Librans
  6. librarial
  7. librarian
  8. librariana
  9. librarianess
  10. librarianesses
  11. librarianlike

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