scholarly
/skɒ.lə.li/
scholarly adjective: characteristic of a scholar.
Adjective
scholarly (comparative more scholarly, superlative most scholarly)
- Characteristic of a scholar.
- Here undoubtedly the foundations were laid for the notable research work and the scholarly outlook for which his name is remembered.1944 September and October, “The Late R. M. Deeley”, in Railway Magazine, page 265
- “He writes incredible opinions and becomes an advocate for his position. He is a very scholarly man.”1995, Almanac of the Federal Judiciary, page 24
- Of or relating to scholastics or scholarship.
scholarly meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Thai
scholarly in Urdu
- scholarly
- علمی 'ilmī
scholarly in Bengali
- scholarly
- পণ্ডিত ponḍito
scholarly in Malayalam
- പണ്ഡിതോചിതമായ, പാണ്ഡിത്യദ്യോതിയായി
scholarly in Thai
- relating to scholars or scholarship
- เชิงวิชาการ
Examples of scholarly in a sentence
- The transformation of William Shakespeare's Prince Hamlet from a young scholarly prince full of promise into a melancholic brooder after his father's death is an example of a character arc.
- Larry, as a prolific rhinotillexomaniac, what is your professional opinion about this scholarly study?
- Most great book lists concentrate on works of the highest literary or scholarly merit.
Forms of scholarly
| comparative | more scholarly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most scholarly |
Origin of scholarly
From scholar + -ly.
Words formed from scholarly
Phrases with scholarly
Questions about scholarly
- What does scholarly mean?
- Scholarly means characteristic of a scholar.
- What is scholarly in Urdu?
- Scholarly in Urdu is علمی ('ilmī). See Scholarly meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is scholarly?
- Scholarly is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce scholarly?
- Scholarly is pronounced /skɒ.lə.li/.
Words near scholarly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scholarly (page history and authors); علمی (Urdu) (page history and authors); পণ্ডিত (Bengali) (page history and authors); scholarly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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