bookly

English edit

From Middle English *bocli, from Old English bōclīċ (“of or belonging to a book, scientific, biblical, scriptural”); equivalent to book +‎ -ly. Cognate with Danish boglig (“bookish”), Swedish boklig (“bookish, literary”).

bookly (comparative booklier or more bookly, superlative bookliest or most bookly)

Of or pertaining to books; literary.
- 1919, Flora Warren Seymour, The Step Ladder: Volumes 1-5, Bookfellows:
  As you received this and many other bookly treasures, all for the small annual fee of one dollar, […]
- 1920, George Steele Seymour, Adventures with books and autographs:
  But I shall not spoil for anyone the delight of discovering that most bookly of bookly books.
- 1926, Henry Louis Mencken, The American mercury: Volume 9:
  Publishes books for bookly minded folk and THE STEP LADDER, a monthly journal of bookly ascent.
Learned from books; bookish; by-the-book.
- 1932, Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, Improvement era: Volume 36:
  He has with him his secretary, who speak the Spanish in a very bookly manner.