From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbookishbook‧ish /ˈbʊkɪʃ/ adjective STUDYREADsomeone who is bookish is more interested in reading and studying than in sports or other activities a shy bookish man
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bookish• Anthony Hopkins plays a bookish billionaire with a head full of unused facts.• Fanshawe was not a bookish child, however.• It should surely be essential for every school, library and bookish home in the country.• This is a further indication of the influence of bookish language on the spoken style.• bookish language• Nor is he an old-fashioned, bookish poet with antiquarian tendencies like Tennyson.• Arthur Frommer is a bookish sort of guy.• Bill was the studious, bookish type.• All the witches who'd lived in her cottage were bookish types. 