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English
Etymology
From Middle English *bocli, from Old English bōclīċ (“of or belonging to a book, scientific, biblical, scriptural”); equivalent to book + -ly. Cognate with Danish boglig (“bookish”), Swedish boklig (“bookish, literary”).
Adjective
bookly (comparative booklier or more bookly, superlative bookliest or most bookly)
- Of or pertaining to books; literary.
1919, Flora Warren Seymour, The Step Ladder: Volumes 1-5, Bookfellows:As you received this and many other bookly treasures, all for the small annual fee of one dollar, […]
1920, George Steele Seymour, Adventures with books and autographs:But I shall not spoil for anyone the delight of discovering that most bookly of bookly books.
1926, Henry Louis Mencken, The American mercury: Volume 9:Publishes books for bookly minded folk and THE STEP LADDER, a monthly journal of bookly ascent.
- Learned from books; bookish; by-the-book.
1932, Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, Improvement era: Volume 36:He has with him his secretary, who speak the Spanish in a very bookly manner.