readerly

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8

Definition of readerly

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. 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.”
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adj

  1. 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.”
  2. 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.”

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Etymology

From reader + -ly.

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