bookly
adjEtymology From Middle English *bocli, from Old English bōclīċ (“of or belonging to a book, scientific, biblical, scriptural”); equivalent to book + -ly. Cognate with Danish boglig (“bookish”), Swedish boklig (“bookish, literary”).
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Of or pertaining to books; literary.
- As you received this and many other bookly treasures, all for the small annual fee of one dollar, […]1919, Flora Warren Seymour, The Step Ladder: Volumes 1-5, Bookfellows:
- But I shall not spoil for anyone the delight of discovering that most bookly of bookly books.1920, George Steele Seymour, Adventures with books and autographs:
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- Publishes books for bookly minded folk and THE STEP LADDER, a monthly journal of bookly ascent.1926, Henry Louis Mencken, The American mercury: Volume 9:
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Learned from books; bookish; by-the-book.
- He has with him his secretary, who speak the Spanish in a very bookly manner.1932, Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, Improvement era: Volume 36: