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# scholarly

adjective (scholarly, more scholarly, most scholarly)

«scholarly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Scholarly describes a person who studies a lot and knows a great deal about a subject. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarly/#m1)
2. A scholarly book or article is serious, careful writing by experts, with facts checked and sources given. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarly/#m2)
3. Scholarly can describe a quiet, bookish way of looking or behaving, like someone who loves learning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarly/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school it often describes serious sources for a project: a scholarly article is written by experts and is more trustworthy than a random web page. In stories a scholarly character is usually a professor, librarian or wise old person with glasses and books. Phrases: «scholarly work», «scholarly article», «scholarly journal», «a scholarly man».

### Examples

- My grandad is a scholarly man who reads history books every night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarly/#x1)
- The museum guide gave a scholarly talk about the Romans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarly/#x2)
- For our project, Miss Patel wants at least one scholarly source. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarly/#x3)
- A scholarly journal is read mostly by experts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarly/#x4)
- The old wizard had a scholarly look, with ink on his fingers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarly/#x5)
- She wrote a scholarly book about the birds of New Zealand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarly/#x6)
- His glasses and pile of books made him look very scholarly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarly/#x7)

### Note

It is an adjective even though it ends in -ly; it is not an adverb (you cannot say «he spoke scholarly»; say «he spoke in a scholarly way»). Comes from «scholar» (a person who studies). Do not confuse with «scholarship» (money given to help a student study, or careful learning).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «scholarly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scholarly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scholarly.html) on Mova free.