bookish

book·ish  (bksh)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or resembling a book.

2. Fond of books; studious.

3. Relying chiefly on book learning: took a bookish rather than a pragmatic approach in solving the problem.

4. Pedantic; dull. See Synonyms at pedantic.

5. Literary and formal in tone. Used of words.

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bookish·ly adv.

bookish·ness n.

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bookish

Adjective

1. fond of reading; studious

2. forming opinions through reading rather than experience

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

bookish - characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child" studious scholarly - characteristic of scholars or scholarship; "scholarly pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude"

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bookish

adjective studious, learned, academic, intellectual, literary, scholarly, erudite, pedantic, well-read, donnish