scholarly

American  

[skol-er-lee] / ˈskɒl ər li /

adjective

1. of, like, or befitting a scholar.

   scholarly habits.

2. having the qualities of a scholar.

   a scholarly person.

3. concerned with academic learning and research.

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adverb

1. like a scholar.

Other Word Forms

• pseudoscholarly adjective
• quasi-scholarly adjective
• scholarliness noun
• superscholarly adjective
• unscholarly adjective

Etymology

Origin of scholarly

First recorded in 1590–1600; scholar + -ly

Example Sentences

“Seurat and the Sea,” a scholarly and astonishingly beautiful show now at the Courtauld Gallery, and organized by Karen Serres, the museum’s senior curator of paintings, fills that critical lacuna.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fadiah wrote on X that being denied entry was "tantamount to a deliberate attack on my scholarly work".

From BBC

Acuña contributed chapters in dozens of anthologies and scholarly texts and wrote numerous book reviews, several children’s books, scholarly articles and opinion pieces in academic journals, magazines, listservs and newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times.

From Los Angeles Times

The more scholarly aspects of “1000 Women in Horror” often pair up with an indignation about how life in slasher films, just as an example, reflects life for women in general.

From The Wall Street Journal

Academic economists like Williams — whose scholarly work is focused on how monetary policy is calibrated — often think of the Fed’s policy interest rate in inflation-adjusted terms.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• erudite
• intellectual
• learned