scholarly

adjectives

characteristic of scholars or scholarship
"scholarly pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude"
scholarly
is derived from
scholar
antonym
unscholarly
is similar to
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
academic, donnish, pedantic
is similar to
characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading
"a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"
bookish, studious
is similar to
having or showing profound knowledge
"a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"
erudite, learned
see also
characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
"a critical reading"; "a critical dissertation"; "a critical analysis of Melville's writings"
critical
see also
appealing to or using the intellect
"satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature"
intellectual
see also
showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
"the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"
profound