scholarly
/skɒ.lə.li/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characteristic of a scholar.
adj
Of or relating to scholastics or scholarship.
Example Sentences
- "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.”"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *skʰolā́ Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ)bor. Latin schola Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin scholārisbor. Old English scōlere Middle English scolere English scholar Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English scholarly From scholar + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more scholarly (comparative)
most scholarly (superlative)