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Synonyms & Antonyms for scholarly
Synonyms
educated, erudite, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literate, well-read
Antonyms
benighted, dark, ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, unlearned, unlettered, unscholarly
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Broom authored more than 50 scholarly papers and was chair of what is the now the School of Journalism and Media Studies from 1989-95. — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Glen Broom, influential PR professor and author, dies at 78," 12 Aug. 2019 In many cases, the data was used for research or scholarly articles. — Sheera Frenkel, New York Times, "Scholars Have Data on Millions of Facebook Users. Who’s Guarding It?," 6 May 2018 The bookstore was serious and scholarly, independent but affiliated with a major university, and it was strictly stocked: no kids’ books, no cookbooks, no travel, no genre fiction. — David Canfield, EW.com, "Get a glimpse into Anthony Bourdain’s legacy in The Last Interview exclusive book excerpt," 19 Aug. 2019 His scholarly project has been institutionalized: Kendi is now the founding director of the Antiracist Research & Policy Center at American University, in Washington, D.C. — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, "The Fight to Redefine Racism," 12 Aug. 2019 His many scholarly interests included mathematics and trains and subways. — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, "C.D. Spangler Jr. Mixed Business Career With Top Education Job in North Carolina," 3 Aug. 2018 My explanation is a scholarly interpretation of the differences between the two movements. — Rhoda E. Howard-hassmann, Quartz, "Why Japanese-Americans received reparations and African-Americans are still waiting," 19 July 2019 Sounds pretty dull, doesn’t it, and indeed there are a few times when the intricacies of theories about women’s menstruation and menopause get a shade too scholarly for the usual play-going audience. — Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News, "Theater review: More to “How and Why’ than meets the eye," 18 July 2019 This is what got circled in red in my attempts at scholarly criticism in graduate school. — Mary Norris, The New Yorker, "Sympathy for the Semicolon," 15 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'scholarly.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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