academically

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academic/akəˈdemɪk/

▶adjective

• 1 relating to education and scholarship.

  ■ scholarly rather than technical or practical.

• 2 (of an art form) conventional in an idealized or excessively formal way.

• 3 not related to a real or practical situation and therefore irrelevant.

▶noun a teacher or scholar in a university or college.

– derivatives
academically adverb.

– origin C16: from Fr. académique or med. L. academicus, from academia (see academy).