bookly
bookly · booklier · bookliest
Of or pertaining to booksOf or pertaining to books; literary.
Meaning
2 sensesOf or pertaining to books; literary.
Learned from books; bookish; by-the-book.
Origin
From Middle English *bocli, from Old English bōclīċ (“of or belonging to a book, scientifiFrom 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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Forms
booklier/more bookly, bookliest/most bookly| Comparative | booklier / more bookly Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | bookliest / most bookly Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.