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In some senses, booksy is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
booksy
adj 2
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2VERB + BOOKSY
wasn't
BOOKSY + NOUN
quail
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adj
1
Pertaining to books.
"I feel that a book shop should be more, well, booksy."
"Booksy talk?" Quail was amused by this not entirely felicitous apology. "But my dear young man, you were as booksy as any of us...
2
Inclined to read books; literate.
And he wasn't booksy and didn't pretend to be: he cheerfully admitted to reading no books except the occasional thriller.
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"I feel that a book shop should be more, well, booksy."
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"Booksy talk?" Quail was amused by this not entirely felicitous apology. "But my dear young man, you were as booksy as any of us...
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And he wasn't booksy and didn't pretend to be: he cheerfully admitted to reading no books except the occasional thriller.
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