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bookish
/ ˈ²úÊŠ°ìɪʃ /
adjective
fond of reading; studious
consisting of or forming opinions or attitudes through reading rather than direct personal experience; academic
a bookish view of life
of or relating to books
a bookish career in publishing
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- bookishly adverb
- bookishness noun
- nonbookish adjective
- nonbookishly adverb
- nonbookishness noun
- overbookish adjective
- overbookishly adverb
- overbookishness noun
- unbookish adjective
- unbookishly adverb
- unbookishness noun
- ˈ²ú´Ç´Ç°ì¾±²õ³ó²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ˈ²ú´Ç´Ç°ì¾±²õ³ó±ô²â adverb
Example Sentences
“Jane Austen Wrecked My Life†is the kind of warm romance that will make any bookish dreamer swoon, as a thoroughly modern woman with old-fashioned ideas about love experiences her own Austenesque tumble.
If your stocking was a little lacking in the literary department, there are plenty of bookish delights heading your way in 2025.
A solitary, bookish boy whose dreams came true, after a fashion, who proved that movies really can change your life — albeit in ways you can never quite plan on.
But his measured, bookish approach is often drowned out by the anguish and fury of crime victims.
He casually dated her bookish sister, Pat, before he turned to the outgoing Ethel.
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