scholarly
/skɒ.lə.li/adjective
scholarly is spelled S-C-H-O-L-A-R-L-Y: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, scholarly means “Characteristic of a scholar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in scholarly?
| Letters | 9: S-C-H-O-L-A-R-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.0 times per million words; the 12,940th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is scholarly?
Scholarly appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce scholarly?
- /skɒ.lə.li/
- /skɒ.ləɹ.li/
Scholarly has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-scholarly.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of scholarly
- more scholarly comparative
- most scholarly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scholarly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Characteristic of a scholar.
- 2
Of or relating to scholastics or scholarship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scholarly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | gelehrt , wissenschaftlich |
| Spanish | docto , universitario |
| French | érudit, universitaire |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does scholarly come from?
From scholar + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).