scholarly
adjective
schol·ar·ly
ˈskä-lər-lē 
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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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Both winners will be announced at the FICA ceremony, establishing a new platform for recognizing both creative and scholarly contributions to regional cinema.
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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
Readers looking for a scholarly review of the literature about the economic benefits of earning a college degree will need to look elsewhere.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Hudson’s bandmates—the guitarist Robbie Robertson, the drummer Levon Helm, the bassist Rick Danko, and the pianist and multi-instrumentalist Richard Manuel—often described him as scholarly, nimble, and discerning, a professor type at loose in a scene dominated by beautiful buffoons.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
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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
Readers looking for a scholarly review of the literature about the economic benefits of earning a college degree will need to look elsewhere.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Hudson’s bandmates—the guitarist Robbie Robertson, the drummer Levon Helm, the bassist Rick Danko, and the pianist and multi-instrumentalist Richard Manuel—often described him as scholarly, nimble, and discerning, a professor type at loose in a scene dominated by beautiful buffoons.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Scholarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scholarly. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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