schoolyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• 韻: -uːli

形容詞

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."