Bookly vs Booksy - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between bookly and booksy

is that bookly is of or pertaining to books; literary while booksy is pertaining to books.

(en-adj)

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.

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.

(en adjective)

(informal) Pertaining to books.

* 1948 , Dan Wickenden, Tobias Brandywine

"I feel that a book shop should be more, well, booksy ."

* 1955 , John Innes Mackintosh Stewart, The guardians

"Booksy talk?" Quail was amused by this not entirely felicitous apology. "But my dear young man, you were as booksy as any of us...

(informal) Inclined to read books; literate.

* 1972 , John Braine, The queen of a distant country

And he wasn't booksy and didn't pretend to be: he cheerfully admitted to reading no books except the occasional thriller.