scholarly

adj

Etymology

From scholar + -ly.

  1. derived from σχολή
  2. derived from scholāris
  3. inherited from scōlere — “scholar, learner
  4. inherited from scolar
  5. suffixed as scholarly — “scholar + ly

Definitions

  1. 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.
    • “He writes incredible opinions and becomes an advocate for his position. He is a very scholarly man.”
    • For those of you that are so scholarly and you've been around the Church for so long, you're like, “Clearly, that is a reference to the triune Godhead.”
  2. Of or relating to scholastics or scholarship.

  3. In a scholarly manner

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at scholarly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at scholarly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at scholarly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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