Scholastic vs Scholarly - What's the difference?
scholastic | scholarly |
(philosophy) a member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian
Of or relating to school; academic
* This award is for the greatest scholastic achievement by a graduating student.
(philosophy) Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism
Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
As adjectives the difference between scholastic and scholarly
is that scholastic is of or relating to school; academic while scholarly is of or relating to scholars or scholarship.As a noun scholastic
is a member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.As an adverb scholarly is
in a scholarly manner.scholastic
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* * (archaic)Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- (John Locke)
