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studently en · ADJ

Etymology

From student + -ly.

Meanings

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a student
   • He gathered his studently belongings and at 5:00 pm sharp he disembarked. 2002, Alex Farkas, The Purple Supernova - Page 152:
   • When he began speaking, it became quite clear that he was Sid Vicious in attire only and otherwise meant serious student-ly business. 2013, Nick Offerman, Paddle Your Own Canoe:
   • In an attack of studently compulsivity, an attack that greatly influenced my scholarly future, I did a statistical analysis that was extraneous to the main purpose of the dissertation. 1993, Peter David Blanck, Interpersonal Expectations:
   • Fair enough, except that “The Transcendentalist” struggles to see clearly when, by dwelling on the personal hardships and seeming failures of studently patience, Emerson's speech becomes as much a confession as a manifesto. 2005, Maurice S. Lee, Slavery, Philosophy, and American Literature, 1830–1860:

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