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bookishly
adverb
uk /ˈbʊk.ɪʃ.li/ us /ˈbʊk.ɪʃ.li/
in a way that shows someone enjoys reading books and learning:
She was a bookishly solitary child, preferring to sit alone and read rather than play with other children.
He is a bookishly melancholy songwriter whose lyrics are much admired.
Related word
bookish
Her ideal man was quiet, bookishly inclined, tall and skinny.
She is bookishly erudite on any number of subjects.
They all sat at their desks bookishly hunched over laptops.
He is looking forward to a bookishly intellectual retirement.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Intelligent people
bluestocking
bookish
bookworm
brain
bright spark
cerebral
clever
gnome
intellectual
laureate
longhair
mage
pretty
sage
scholar
smart cookie
smart-arse
swot
the intelligentsia
wit
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