— scholastically , adv.
/skeuh las"tik/ , adj. Also, scholastical .
1. of or pertaining to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments.
2. of or pertaining to secondary education or schools: a scholastic meet.
3. pedantic.
4. of or pertaining to the medieval schoolmen.
n.
5. ( sometimes cap. ) a schoolman, a disciple of the schoolmen, or an adherent of scholasticism.
6. a pedantic person.
7. Rom. Cath. Ch. a student in a scholasticate.
[ 1590-1600; scholasticus scholastikós studious, learned, deriv. of scholázein to be at leisure to study. See SCHOOL 1 , -TIC ]