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scholarlike

scholarlike adjective: scholarly.

Adjective

scholarlike (comparative more scholarlike, superlative most scholarlike)

  1. scholarly

Adverb

scholarlike (comparative more scholarlike, superlative most scholarlike)

  1. in a scholarly fashion
    • a. 1627, Francis Bacon, letter to the Earl of Essex
      […] I can spell and scholarlike put together the parts of her majesty's proceedings

Forms of scholarlike

Adjective
comparativemore scholarlike
superlativemost scholarlike
Adverb
comparativemore scholarlike
superlativemost scholarlike

Origin of scholarlike

From scholar + -like.

Questions about scholarlike

What does scholarlike mean?
Scholarlike means scholarly.
What part of speech is scholarlike?
Scholarlike can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near scholarlike in the dictionary

  1. scholarian
  2. scholarians
  3. scholarism
  4. scholarity
  5. scholarless
  6. scholarlike
  7. scholarlily
  8. scholarliness
  9. scholarly
  10. scholarly article
  11. scholarly articles

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