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bookly

adj

Etymology

From Middle English *bocli, from Old English bōclīċ (“of or belonging to a book, scientific, biblical, scriptural”); equivalent to book + -ly. Cognate with Danish boglig (“bookish”), Swedish boklig (“bookish, literary”).

  1. inherited from bōclīċ — “of or belonging to a book, scientific, biblical, scriptural”
  2. inherited from *bocli✻

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to books

    Of or pertaining to books; literary.

    • As you received this and many other bookly treasures, all for the small annual fee of one dollar, […]
    • But I shall not spoil for anyone the delight of discovering that most bookly of bookly books.
    • Publishes books for bookly minded folk and THE STEP LADDER, a monthly journal of bookly ascent.

  2. Learned from books

    Learned from books; bookish; by-the-book.

    • He has with him his secretary, who speak the Spanish in a very bookly manner.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA