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scholarly

Speech parts

1. scholarly - Adjective

2. scholarly - Adverb

Meaning

In a scholarly manner.

Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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There was no time for scholarly details, and, besides, I have always believed that a man can fairly be judged by the standards and taste of his choices in matters of high-level plagiarism. Hunter S. Thompson

As a teacher I approach my students purely with the human desire to free them from all scholarly inhibitions, and I tell them, 'Painters must speak through paint - not through words. Hans Hofmann

The aim of the scholarly editor is not to produce the the easiest text for the reader, but to get as near as he can to the text of the author. Frederic G. Kenyon

I would be remiss if I left the impression that my life has been totally preoccupied with scholarly research. Douglass North

Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that I should no longer through fear refuse to give out my work for the common benefit of students of Mathematics. Nicolaus Copernicus

In general, when reading a scholarly critic, one profits more from his quotations than from his comments. W. H. Auden

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