bookish
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His carefully rehearsed lines and bookish glasses earned him the unwelcome nickname of "Robot Jetten" in his early career.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
The rapidly growing rail system is a symbol of India’s modernization, and Charu’s bookish father, a workshop manager, believes in the progress it presages.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
It’s a simplistic vision of the world that could appeal to and be well understood by bookish children like me.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026
Bright and bookish, after wartime evacuation to the Lake District, Prunella attended Moira House Girls School in Eastbourne.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025
He seemed a bookish sort of fellow, with a serious face and heavy straight eyebrows that sloped downward over his dark eyes.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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