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scholarly Definition

scholar·ly (skäl′ər lē)

adjective

  1. of or characteristic of a scholar (sense ); learned
  2. having or showing much knowledge, accuracy, and critical ability
  3. devoted to learning; studious

scholarly Synonyms

scholarly

modif.

erudite, cultured, studious; see educated 1, learned 1.

scholarly Usage Examples

Used with adjective complement

  • lead: CatchWord is a database of online journals from leading scholarly, academic and business publishers.

Modifies a noun

  • journal: Remember, your search results might list: Scholarly journals next to tabloid news.
  • publishing: The problems facing electronic scholarly publishing are more philosophical in nature.
  • monograph: The thesis must be a scholarly monograph dealing mainly with a Canadian topic.
  • apparatus: Digital copies of the letters give the opportunity for a more integrated scholarly apparatus.
  • edition: Today's editors of scholarly printed editions of Shakespeare co-exist with remarkable harmony.
  • literature: They are intended to open up the scholarly research literature, in the spirit of the Open Access Movement.

Modifying Another Word

  • very: It's very scholarly, with a lot on form, structure, and speculative historical settings.
  • only: Eligibility Requirements Only scholarly theses dealing mainly with Canada are eligible.
  • not: The Voice of Hope is a collection of lightly edited transcripts of interviews, not scholarly analyzes.
  • yet: This work is full of such iconoclastic approaches, which the author presents in a captivating, entertaining and yet scholarly manner.
  • little: Comparatively little scholarly work has been done on the contribution of F.B. Meyer.
  • purely: Thus the nature of the text is decided by the requirement of the medium, rather than for purely scholarly reasons.

Preposition: in

  • nature: Parents and Guardians: Although scholarly in nature, some material on this site may not be suitable for children.