bookly

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bookly

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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”).

adjective booklier · more bookly · bookliest · most bookly

Of or pertaining to books; literary. As you received this and many other bookly treasures, all for the small annual fee of one dollar, […]
Learned from books; bookish; by-the-book. He has with him his secretary, who speak the Spanish in a very bookly manner.

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@misc{bookly_2026,
  title = {bookly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bookly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}