bookishness

Bookishness, in fact, is one of the main themes of these stories.

What do you make of the show's bookishness?

He couldn't imagine where she got her bookishness from.

At some point, the word took on connotations of bookishness and social ineptitude.

The bookishness would appear to prove Voltaire's point about a society run by scholars.

To emphasize its bookishness, it sits on a pile of antique books.

That was the first impression - one of dank, oppressive bookishness.

Yet bookishness is still part of its appeal.

Are we really suffering from a surfeit of bookishness?

"I think we should stop, Elizabeth, or we'll get an unconquerable reputation for bookishness."

It was this combination of bookishness and independence that had caused most others in society to term them odd.

Could there be a more fitting example of Long Island's relentless bookishness?

But what has some residents squirming is the way it pinpoints the dark side of the local bookishness.

Through his very bookishness, he came to realise that others shared this particular obliviousness.

For all her bookishness, we see that she is far from effete in her tastes.

All others bear the fatal mark of bookishness.

He was known there for his bookishness.

His colleagues at Baruch talk of his "intellectual fervor" and bookishness.

Don't come here on a date unless you want to impress your potential partner with your bookishness.

For all his bawdy humor, he was extremely awkward with women, and his bookishness did not help.

Green Shirt said, with precise bookishness, "So happy, I assure you."

It would certainly be a dolorous blow on behalf of bookishness, if Borges got it.

After his mother's death, his stepmother encouraged his bookishness and introduced him to the Bible.

This treatment accentuated my bookishness.

Despite his bookishness and a penchant for bluntness, he has consistently registered as New York State's most popular politician.