Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bookly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: book-ly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to books; literary.

adj

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

Example Sentences

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

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *bocli, bōclīċ
Suffix: book

Inflected Forms

booklier (comparative) more bookly (comparative) bookliest (superlative) most bookly (superlative)

Questions

What does bookly mean?: Of or pertaining to books; literary.
Where does bookly come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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