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bookishly

adv

Etymology

From bookish + -ly.

  1. inherited from *bōks✻
  2. inherited from *bōk✻
  3. inherited from bōc
  4. inherited from bok
  5. suffixed as bookish — “book + ish”
  6. suffixed as bookishly — “bookish + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a bookish manner.

    • She is intelligent, and bookishly erudite.

The neighborhood

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