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Significados de bookish em inglês

Characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading.

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The learned and the studious of thought have no monopoly of wisdom.
Essays — First Series
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They have nothing suggestive of the studious chamber and the midnight lamp.
The Letters of Robert Burns
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If only you'd been this studious when you were young, she remarked.
Hunter's moon: a novel
4
Bergoglio, she said in an interview, was a studious and kind brother.
Reuters
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Garrison candidly admiring in his gaze, his visitor studious and slightly uncertain.
A Husband by Proxy
Uso de bookish em inglês
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And Amazon in particular hasn't traditionally engendered much goodwill with bookish types.
NY Magazine
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It's a bit bookish for me, but a fine thing to study.
The Name of the Wind
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Books are most solacing when the limitations of bookish wisdom are perceived.
The Book of Delight and Other Papers
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Did she huff paint before speaking in front of large, bookish crowds?
Ebony
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He wasn't just a bookish marine biologist, he was a genuine healer.
Shock
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Jim was a mild-mannered, bookish sort, balding, bespectacled, and of slight build.
Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog
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Especially was she exasperated now more than ever by his bookish tastes.
The History of David Grieve
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He is-ifthe word maybe applied to such a bookish man-inexpressibly jolly.
Floyd Grandon's Honor
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What had become of his dream of idylls, his gentle bookish romance?
Huntingtower
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He enjoys the laid back atmosphere among the mostly quiet, bookish gamers.
Wired
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It's all right, son-youjust sound a bit bookish sometimes, that's all.
The Short Life
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She was young and bookish, but she knew how to follow the money.
By reason of insanity
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It was an all-day affair and the bookish 22-year-old felt good about it.
The Irish Times
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The bookish man came forward briskly, evincing a scholarly and even conciliatory manner.
Sisterhood of Dune
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We're regarded as geeky, bookish, wimpy types without a lot of redeeming virtues.
Mortal Allies
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To the end of her life Toni would never be bookish.
The Making of a Soul
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