Schoolish
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈskuːlɪʃ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Schoolish is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to school; scholastic.
Meaning
Of or pertaining to school; scholastic.
More Meanings
- Characteristic of school rather than real life; pedantic, pedagogical, etc.
Example Sentences
Its structure, which could strike one as derived from an arithmetic or geometry lesson, is schoolish, as is its content.
As a struggling student, Lo was fed up with “schoolish practices” and refused to perform for the sake of pleasing her teachers.
When we reflect on it, many of the things we teachers do are artificial and schoolish. They look very different from how real readers, writers, and speakers operate.
[...] it has studied the trend of the school, but not the trend of business, its leadership has been scholastic, not commercial. Today, commercial education finds itself of the school, schoolish, and not of the business house, business-like.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scholastic, scholastical, scholastick, schooly, scholarly, scholical.
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