In a bookish manner; in a way that shows excessive concern with books and learning.
From bookish + -ly (adverb suffix). This adverb describes how an action is performed with bookish characteristics.
Describing something as done 'bookishly' implies there might be a more practical, hands-on way to do it—suggesting the tension between abstract knowledge and lived experience.
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