1
as in literate
having or displaying advanced knowledge or education
a scholarly analysis of the historical document
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as in educational
of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level
a scholarly essay making comparisons between 18th-century French authors and their Germanic counterparts
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Recent Examples of scholarly
Veering between surreal interior monologue, scholarly criticism, and elliptical verse, Garza’s chimerical and metatextual whodunnit unsettlingly posits that no one—not the writer, and perhaps not even, or especially not, the reader—is truly innocent.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
His scholarly work has been published in academic and management journals such as Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal of Service Research, and California Management Review.
—Christopher P. Blocker,
joseph P. Cannon,
jonathan Z. Zhang, Harvard Business Review, 6 Feb. 2025
Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale and dissemination of bogus scholarly research.
—Cyril Labbé, The Conversation, 31 Jan. 2025
Federal law prohibits universities from discussing individual students' disciplinary records, but the University takes these violations of our rules and scholarly norms seriously.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
His scholarly work has been published in academic and management journals such as Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal of Service Research, and California Management Review.
—Christopher P. Blocker,
joseph P. Cannon,
jonathan Z. Zhang, Harvard Business Review, 6 Feb. 2025
Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale and dissemination of bogus scholarly research.
—Cyril Labbé, The Conversation, 31 Jan. 2025
Federal law prohibits universities from discussing individual students' disciplinary records, but the University takes these violations of our rules and scholarly norms seriously.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scholarly
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Back in Homer’s day, people lived within an oral culture, then humans slowly developed a literate culture.—
David Brooks,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2025
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Duffy is hilariously literate, an opinionated fanboy ready to defend Nirvana against naysayers.—
Claude Peck,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2025
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These researchers organized forecasting tournaments and recruited dozens of non-category experts to make educated guesses about where specific events would lead.—
Robert B. Tucker,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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The girls were already much more educated and evolved than the boys.—
Laura Snapes,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2025
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The education of a nation’s citizenry, whether public or private, is the heartbeat of any sustaining and civilized culture.—
Patricia A. Daniel,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Apr. 2025
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What started as a civilized, postwork affair with a sushi station escalated for many of the guests as more and more martinis were drunk from Madeline’s martini bar.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2025
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The study, sponsored by the Consumer Brands Association, examined academic research, studies and data on country obesity rates, and the short-term and long-term effects in dozens of countries where interpretive food warning labels are in place.—
Hank Cardello,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The government extended grants to a kaleidoscopic variety of academic efforts that included conducting basic physics experiments, developing materials to enable hypersonic flight, and inventing artificial intelligence algorithms.—
Sarah Kreps,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Apr. 2025
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The proud dad even shared John’s grades, showing screenshots of his 100% test scores in business law while shouting out Hill for their son’s scholastic success.—
Avalon Hester,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Golden Triangle administers the scholarships in cooperation with Mount Dora Community Trust. Award considerations include scholastic ability, responsibility toward education, financial need and includes a special emphasis on community service.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
Orlando Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Scholarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scholarly. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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