Bookly
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to books; literary.
"As you received this and many other bookly treasures, all for the small annual fee of one dollar, […]"
- 2 Learned from books; bookish; by-the-book.
"He has with him his secretary, who speak the Spanish in a very bookly manner."
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More examples"As you received this and many other bookly treasures, all for the small annual fee of one dollar, […]"
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”).
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