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bookish
adjective as in scholarly
Example Sentences
From her bookish Ohio upbringing to her early forays into feature writing, her anecdotes sing with the pleasure of a person born to her passion and purpose.
As a child, Baldwin is marginalized for being too sensitive, too bookish, a “sissy.”
“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.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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