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book·ish [ˈbʊkɪʃ] ADJ esp pej

1. bookish (studious):

bookish

2. bookish (unworldly):

bookish

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Described as intense, quiet, and bookish, he prefers a modest lifestyle. en.wikipedia.org

She thinks she is plain, bookish, and too smart for her own good. en.wikipedia.org

He is patient and bookish, preferring wisdom over strength. en.wikipedia.org

As a person the new sultan was described as bookish and introvert. en.wikipedia.org

At one stage he was adopted out to a paper-making family but the bookish boy was not suited to business. en.wikipedia.org

He is very bookish and diligent, and is skilled at everything except singing. en.wikipedia.org

He has described his own childhood behavior as bookish and bizarre. en.wikipedia.org

Willow is presented as a bookish nerd with considerable computer skills, dowdily dressed and easily intimidated by more popular girls in school. en.wikipedia.org

This text bookish approach has made science a very drab and uninteresting subject in the impressionable minds of young children. en.wikipedia.org

A bookish man, he avoided society, and buried himself in his ample library. en.wikipedia.org

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