Scholarly Definition

scholarly
adjective
  1. characteristic of scholars or scholarship; "scholarly pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude"

"Scholarly" in song lyrics

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  • "I speak scholarly"
    Jus Allah — Chessking

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