scholarly
adjective
schol·ar·ly
ˈskä-lər-lē 
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Examples of scholarly in a Sentence
His writings have been recently given scholarly attention.
She has a scholarly interest in music.
a scholarly study of words and their origins
Recent Examples on the Web
Whichever the platform, there’s an undeniable signature that embodies craft and creativity, science and scholarly curiosity, and pure joy of food and home-cooking.
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Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
At that stage, Black and Hispanic faculty with high h-indices—a measure of scholarly productivity and citation counts that is often used as a proxy for research quality—actually fared better than similarly productive white and Asian faculty.
—Bykatie Langin, science.org, 4 Oct. 2024
Chiang is a writer of fiction, but the logic applies equally to scholarly writing.
—Victoria Livingstone, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
Attacks on academics are a recurring feature of the assertive Hindu-nationalist agenda, in which any scholarly analysis of ancient Indian history or the roots of Hinduism that challenges the nationalists’ preferred version promptly elicits menacing personal vitriol.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
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Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
At that stage, Black and Hispanic faculty with high h-indices—a measure of scholarly productivity and citation counts that is often used as a proxy for research quality—actually fared better than similarly productive white and Asian faculty.
—Bykatie Langin, science.org, 4 Oct. 2024
Chiang is a writer of fiction, but the logic applies equally to scholarly writing.
—Victoria Livingstone, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
Attacks on academics are a recurring feature of the assertive Hindu-nationalist agenda, in which any scholarly analysis of ancient Indian history or the roots of Hinduism that challenges the nationalists’ preferred version promptly elicits menacing personal vitriol.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
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“Scholarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scholarly. Accessed 11 Oct. 2024.
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