schooly

English

Etymology

school +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːli

Adjective

schooly (comparative more schooly, superlative most schooly)

1. (informal) Of or relating to school.
   • 2006, Carrie Yang Costello, Professional Identity Crisis: Race, Class, Gender, and Success at Professional Schools, page 6:

     She was disappointed with the Law School social milieu, describing it as “a very high-schooly atmosphere” characterized by competition, cliquishness, and emotional immaturity.

2. (informal) Studious, involving study.
   • 1921, Margaret Rebecca Piper, Wild Wings‎^[1]:

     Tony had objected that she did not want anything so "schooly," and that the very fact that Jean liked the Hostelry would be proof positive that she, Tony, would not like it.

   • 1914, Edna Turpin, Honey-Sweet‎^[2]:

     And 'Home for Girls' means that it isn't a home at all, but a schooly, outside-sort-of place."

Noun

schooly (plural schoolies)

1. Alternative spelling of schoolie
   • 2000, Gerald Barnhart, Foreword, Ron Bern, Manny Luftglass, Gone Fishin′: The 100 Best Spots in New York, page xv,

     Surf casters are frantically catching and releasing schooly stripers and some early blues at Montauk, and the fluke have shown in good numbers in the sound.