readerly en · ADJ
Etymology
From reader + -ly.
Meanings
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Characteristic of readers.
It+was+an+extraordinary+display+of+true+readerly+love+—+a+bunch+of+buffs+giving+a+contemporary+genre+writer+the+Shakespearean+variorum+treatment+on+their+own+time.
2009 July 19, Carlo Rotella, “The Genre Artist”, in New York Times:
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Of or relating to the reader.
Nevertheless, the dream element and over power to haunt come at a certain readerly price. The poem abounds in passages that will leave an unprepared audience bewildered.
1999, Seamus Heaney, “Introduction”, in Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page xiii:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most readerly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more readerly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |