adj.
VERBS
▪ be
▪ become
ADVERB
▪ merely , purely , strictly
▪
The distinction being made is purely ~.
▪ largely , rather , somewhat
▪ overly ( esp. AmE )
▪
The writers' approach is not overly ~.
Academic is used with these nouns: ↑ ability , ↑ achievement , ↑ appointment , ↑ arena , ↑ article , ↑ aspiration , ↑ background , ↑ blog , ↑ boycott , ↑ brilliance , ↑ calendar , ↑ career , ↑ circle , ↑ colleague , ↑ community , ↑ competence , ↑ conference , ↑ controversy , ↑ course , ↑ credentials , ↑ criticism , ↑ culture , ↑ curriculum , ↑ debate , ↑ discipline , ↑ discussion , ↑ distinction , ↑ economist , ↑ enquiry , ↑ enterprise , ↑ establishment , ↑ excellence , ↑ exchange , ↑ exercise , ↑ expertise , ↑ failure , ↑ field , ↑ freedom , ↑ gown , ↑ historian , ↑ honour , ↑ institution , ↑ integrity , ↑ interest , ↑ jargon , ↑ journal , ↑ lawyer , ↑ librarian , ↑ library , ↑ life , ↑ medicine , ↑ merit , ↑ opinion , ↑ peer , ↑ performance , ↑ preparation , ↑ prestige , ↑ proficiency , ↑ programme , ↑ progress , ↑ prose , ↑ prowess , ↑ psychologist , ↑ psychology , ↑ publication , ↑ publisher , ↑ publishing , ↑ pursuit , ↑ qualification , ↑ question , ↑ record , ↑ referee , ↑ reputation , ↑ requirement , ↑ research , ↑ researcher , ↑ respectability , ↑ rigour , ↑ scholarship , ↑ setting , ↑ specialist , ↑ specialization , ↑ sphere , ↑ staff , ↑ standard , ↑ standing , ↑ study , ↑ subject , ↑ success , ↑ tenure , ↑ text , ↑ theology , ↑ tradition , ↑ training , ↑ work , ↑ world , ↑ writer , ↑ writing , ↑ year