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learnedly

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

In an educated and knowledgeable manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The professor spoke learnedly for an hour about his abstruse scholarship; but he couldn't string two words together to speak to the pretty woman.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

with erudition; in an erudite manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he talked eruditely about Indian mythology

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: eruditely

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English learned Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English learnedly From learned + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: научно (naučno) — in an educated manner
  • Finnish: oppineesti — in an educated manner
  • German: gelehrt — in an educated manner