bookish
11bookish — adjective Swann was always the bookish one in our group Syn: studious, scholarly, academic, intellectual, highbrow, erudite, learned, lettered, educated, well read, knowledgeable; cerebral, serious, earnest; pedantic …
12bookish — /ˈbʊkɪʃ / (say bookish) adjective 1. given to reading or study. 2. more acquainted with books than with real life. 3. of or relating to books; literary. 4. stilted; pedantic. –bookishly, adverb –bookishness, noun …
13bookish — adjective Date: 1566 1. a. of or relating to books b. fond of books and reading 2. a. inclined to rely on book knowledge b. of words literary and formal as opposed to collo …
14bookish — bookishly, adv. bookishness, n. /book ish/, adj. 1. given or devoted to reading or study. 2. more acquainted with books than with real life. 3. of or pertaining to books; literary. 4. stilted; pedantic. [1560 70; BOOK + ISH1] Syn. 4. academic …
15Bookish — Книжный …
16bookish — Synonyms and related words: academic, autodidactic, bibliophagic, bluestocking, book fed, book learned, book loving, book minded, book read, book wise, booky, college bred, collegiate, devoted to studies, diligent, donnish, dryasdust, graduate,… …
17bookish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. studious; formal. See learning. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. scholarly, academic, erudite, book learned; see learned 1 , pedantic . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. studious, academic, scholarly,… …
18bookish — book|ish [ bukıʃ ] adjective more interested in studying and reading books than in taking part in physical activities such as sports …
19bookish — book·ish || bukɪʃ adj. literary; fond of reading …
20bookish — adjective 1》 devoted to reading and studying. 2》 (of language) literary in style. Derivatives bookishly adverb bookishness noun …
