bookish
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- s characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading
a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket
- A bookish man with a scholar's habits and a general's tactical instincts, Lenin introduced to the 20th century the practice of taking an all-embracing ideology and imposing it on .
- Since the Oscar deadline coincides with New Year's Eve and a bookish pedigree is a sure way to get Academy members' attention, studios turn to acclaimed novels for their holiday .
- Not too rich, not too poor; not bookish, but not slow.