English

Adjective

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

1. Of or pertaining to books; literary.
   • 1919, Flora Warren Seymour, Bookfellows, The Step ladder: Volumes 1-5:

     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.

2. 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.