bookish

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He was a bookish boy, a bit of a philosophy nerd.

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characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"

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adjective

characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bookish.

adjective

characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"

Example sentences

He was a bookish boy, a bit of a philosophy nerd.

He wasn't "bookish" in the least, if "bookish" means tending to neglect the things outside of books.

Decline was inevitable as soon as high-finance ceased being the province of the boring and bookish.

I have been semi-technical for many years but my background is rather bookish: translation and publishing.

I was very bookish as a child, and rarely did anything quite as exciting as the author describes, so I have a hard time relating.

I think what he means is that what people actually spoke every day was as different from our bookish notions of what Sanskrit is as the language of a poor farmer or a slave in Ancient Rome was from the writings of Cicero.

The protagonist is supposed to be this "naturally talented genius" who detests the bookish Indian academic education system, so throughout the film he takes potshots at the stuff he's taught in school, ultimately choosing to drop out without a degree until the Dean formally requests him to take the finals, upon which he gets the highest grade in the university.