Bookish
adjective
Someone who likes to read a lot and is more interested in studying than other activities.
She has a quiet, bookish charm that I find very attractive.
Often appears as...
- bookish charm
- bookish person
adjective
Relating to or typical of a person who likes to read a lot.
His bookish knowledge is quite impressive, though he lacks practical experience.
Often appears as...
- bookish knowledge
- bookish pursuits
adjective
Someone who likes to read a lot and is more interested in studying than other activities.
She has a quiet, bookish charm that I find very attractive.
Often appears as...
- bookish charm
- bookish person
adjective
Relating to or typical of a person who likes to read a lot.
His bookish knowledge is quite impressive, though he lacks practical experience.
Often appears as...
- bookish knowledge
- bookish pursuits
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Pro Tip 1/3Affectionate Undertones
The adjective can imply endearment when describing someone's personality, often positive.
His bookish demeanor has always drawn me to him.
Pro Tip 2/3Non-Social
Use 'bookish' to suggest someone may prefer books to social events without being negative.
She turned down the invitation, content with her bookish evening plans.
Pro Tip 3/3Personality Hint
The word can give clues to a character trait, like being introverted.
He's the bookish type, often lost in thought.
Pro Tip 1/3Affectionate Undertones
The adjective can imply endearment when describing someone's personality, often positive.
His bookish demeanor has always drawn me to him.
Pro Tip 2/3Non-Social
Use 'bookish' to suggest someone may prefer books to social events without being negative.
She turned down the invitation, content with her bookish evening plans.
Pro Tip 3/3Personality Hint
The word can give clues to a character trait, like being introverted.
He's the bookish type, often lost in thought.
Pro Tip 1/3Affectionate Undertones
The adjective can imply endearment when describing someone's personality, often positive.
His bookish demeanor has always drawn me to him.
Pro Tip 2/3Non-Social
Use 'bookish' to suggest someone may prefer books to social events without being negative.
She turned down the invitation, content with her bookish evening plans.
Pro Tip 3/3Personality Hint
The word can give clues to a character trait, like being introverted.
He's the bookish type, often lost in thought.
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Infinity according to...
Born in Argentina in 1899, he admired the revolutionaries of his mother’s family but took after his father’s bookish clan. His body of essays, poems, and stories, or, as he called them, ficciones
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Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
but i guess for me the social cues were not uh intuitive so i was just very bookish and i didn't understand this i guess others could
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Infinity according to...
Born in Argentina in 1899, he admired the revolutionaries of his mother’s family but took after his father’s bookish clan. His body of essays, poems, and stories, or, as he called them, ficciones
Video examples
Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
but i guess for me the social cues were not uh intuitive so i was just very bookish and i didn't understand this i guess others could
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Quote examples
Ginnifer Goodwin
American Actress
I will end up with someone in the arts. I am positive. I eat, breathe and sleep acting. And I'll end up with someone who is happy staying at home and having me cook supper. But I also really need to be intellectually challenged and stimulated. I want someone bookish, and someone who is passionate.
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Simon Winchester
English Author
I do as much bookish research as I can but when I sit down to write, often I think, 'Wait, I was there.' That is one of the great advantages of having wandered around the world and lived in so many places and met such fascinating people.
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Louis Theroux
British Director
For publicity purposes, everything gets simplified, and the fact that I wear glasses and am somewhat bookish makes me a geek. That's fine; there needs to be a shorthand, but there are important geek traits that I don't really share.
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Blake Bailey
American Writer
I'm not an academic; I'm just a bookish Joe who gets passionate about certain writers and suddenly wants to read everything they've ever written and find out why they wrote it.
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Robert Sapolsky
American Scientist
I was very sheltered, very bookish and, basically, skittish about life. My parents were both older when I came along and they didn't do things like take vacations.
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John Logan
American Producer
I'm a very private person, a very bookish person. The social world of Hollywood I know nothing about because I choose not to take part.
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Michael Dirda
American Critic
It is a truth universally acknowledged that M. Dirda is a sucker for anything bookish in the way of artwork.
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Bruce Coville
American Author
My writing works best when I remember that bookish child who adored reading and gear the work toward him.
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Ray Bradbury
American Writer
I felt a bit bookish, cut off from life.
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Shannon Bream
American Journalist
I was a bookish nerd.
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Ginnifer Goodwin
American Actress
I will end up with someone in the arts. I am positive. I eat, breathe and sleep acting. And I'll end up with someone who is happy staying at home and having me cook supper. But I also really need to be intellectually challenged and stimulated. I want someone bookish, and someone who is passionate.
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Simon Winchester
English Author
I do as much bookish research as I can but when I sit down to write, often I think, 'Wait, I was there.' That is one of the great advantages of having wandered around the world and lived in so many places and met such fascinating people.
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Louis Theroux
British Director
For publicity purposes, everything gets simplified, and the fact that I wear glasses and am somewhat bookish makes me a geek. That's fine; there needs to be a shorthand, but there are important geek traits that I don't really share.
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Blake Bailey
American Writer
I'm not an academic; I'm just a bookish Joe who gets passionate about certain writers and suddenly wants to read everything they've ever written and find out why they wrote it.
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Robert Sapolsky
American Scientist
I was very sheltered, very bookish and, basically, skittish about life. My parents were both older when I came along and they didn't do things like take vacations.
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John Logan
American Producer
I'm a very private person, a very bookish person. The social world of Hollywood I know nothing about because I choose not to take part.
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Michael Dirda
American Critic
It is a truth universally acknowledged that M. Dirda is a sucker for anything bookish in the way of artwork.
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Bruce Coville
American Author
My writing works best when I remember that bookish child who adored reading and gear the work toward him.
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Ray Bradbury
American Writer
I felt a bit bookish, cut off from life.
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Shannon Bream
American Journalist
I was a bookish nerd.
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