scholarly

adjective

schol·​ar·​ly ˈskä-lər-lē How to pronounce scholarly (audio)
: of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned, academic

Examples of scholarly in a Sentence

His writings have been recently given scholarly attention. She has a scholarly interest in music. a scholarly study of words and their origins
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Do Women Need More Sleep Than Men? Which scholarly pathways in African American history have been an exciting surprise to you? New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 His scholarly work has been published in academic and management journals such as Marketing Science, Journal of Marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, and California Management Review. Christopher P. Blocker, joseph P. Cannon, jonathan Z. Zhang, Harvard Business Review, 6 Feb. 2025 Both winners will be announced at the FICA ceremony, establishing a new platform for recognizing both creative and scholarly contributions to regional cinema. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025 About 119,000 scholarly journal articles and conference papers are published globally every week, or more than 6 million a year. Guillaume Cabanac, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scholarly

Word History

First Known Use

1583, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of scholarly was in 1583

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“Scholarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scholarly. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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