bookish
Example Sentences
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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.
“You see, this is what I was telling you. My brother used to be a bookish but chatty boy. Very bright. Skipped ahead two whole grades. Awkward but lovable.”
From Literature
Dan, as bookish as he is athletic, approaches matters in a calmer register: “How should I conduct my life? Do you trust yourself, or do you not?”
From Los Angeles Times
Standing on the touchline wearing his bookish glasses and polo neck jumper while holding a notebook, Rosenior looked more like a young college lecturer than a Premier League manager.
From Barron's
He seemed a bookish sort of fellow, with a serious face and heavy straight eyebrows that sloped downward over his dark eyes.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
