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Meanings of bookish in английском

Characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading.

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Examples for "studious"
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The learned and the studious of thought have no monopoly of wisdom.
Essays — First Series
2
They have nothing suggestive of the studious chamber and the midnight lamp.
The Letters of Robert Burns
3
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
5
Garrison candidly admiring in his gaze, his visitor studious and slightly uncertain.
A Husband by Proxy
Usage of bookish in английском
1
And Amazon in particular hasn't traditionally engendered much goodwill with bookish types.
NY Magazine
2
It's a bit bookish for me, but a fine thing to study.
The Name of the Wind
3
Books are most solacing when the limitations of bookish wisdom are perceived.
The Book of Delight and Other Papers
4
Did she huff paint before speaking in front of large, bookish crowds?
Ebony
5
He wasn't just a bookish marine biologist, he was a genuine healer.
Shock
6
Jim was a mild-mannered, bookish sort, balding, bespectacled, and of slight build.
Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog
7
Especially was she exasperated now more than ever by his bookish tastes.
The History of David Grieve
8
He is-ifthe word maybe applied to such a bookish man-inexpressibly jolly.
Floyd Grandon's Honor
9
What had become of his dream of idylls, his gentle bookish romance?
Huntingtower
10
He enjoys the laid back atmosphere among the mostly quiet, bookish gamers.
Wired
11
It's all right, son-youjust sound a bit bookish sometimes, that's all.
The Short Life
12
She was young and bookish, but she knew how to follow the money.
By reason of insanity
13
It was an all-day affair and the bookish 22-year-old felt good about it.
The Irish Times
14
The bookish man came forward briskly, evincing a scholarly and even conciliatory manner.
Sisterhood of Dune
15
We're regarded as geeky, bookish, wimpy types without a lot of redeeming virtues.
Mortal Allies
16
To the end of her life Toni would never be bookish.
The Making of a Soul
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