scholarly C2 Topic:Education & Learning US /ˈskɑːlɝli/ See IPA manual Freq #39448 Meanings 1 adj Connected with serious academic study and research She published several scholarly articles on medieval history. 2 adj Showing the careful, learned qualities of a dedicated student or expert He gave a thoughtful, scholarly answer to every question. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms nonscholarlyscholarlinesssemischolarlyunscholarly Related forms scholastically Common collocations scholarly treatise Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From scholar + -ly. *seǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Education & Learning Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # scholarly **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈskɑːlɝli/ **Frequency rank:** 39448 ## Meanings 1. Connected with serious academic study and research 2. Showing the careful, learned qualities of a dedicated student or expert ## Examples - She published several scholarly articles on medieval history. - He gave a thoughtful, scholarly answer to every question. ## Derived Forms - nonscholarly - scholarliness - semischolarly - unscholarly ## Related Forms - scholastically ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *seǵʰ- ## Etymology From scholar + -ly. ## AI Etymology Scholarly is from scholar + -ly. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. Important recorded forms include *seǵʰ- (Proto-Indo-European). Current senses include connected with serious academic study and research and showing the careful, learned qualities of a dedicated student or expert. The wider family includes derived forms such as nonscholarly, scholarliness, semischolarly, and unscholarly and related words such as scholastically. ## Topics - Education & Learning - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown