bookishlyadv.
/ˈbʊkᵻʃli/, U.S. /ˈbʊkᵻʃli/ In a bookish manner, studiously.
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1593 R. Harvey Philadelphus 7 You are very bookishly and literally wise, not reasonably and discoursively.
1654 D. Whister Let. 18 Feb. in Coll. State Papers J. Thurloe (1742) II. 104 Whilst shee [sc. Christina of Sweden] was more bookishly given.
a1712 T. Halyburton Mem. (1714) ii. iii. 28 It was my Mercy that I fell in with sober Comerads and bookishly inclined.
1840 Mrs. Trollope in New Monthly Mag. 59 481 Whether bookishly disposed or not.
1990 J. Halperin Novelists in their Youth i. 15 As a child he was passive, often silent, and bookishly lethargic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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