academic [ ákə démmik ] adjective
Definition:
1. educational: relating to the education system
2. scholarly: scholarly and intellectual, and not vocational or practical
3. irrelevant in practice: theoretical and not of any practical relevance
4. not lively: dry and intellectual in approach, concentrating on structure, form, or historical
conventions
noun (plural academics)
Definition:
1. university teacher: somebody teaching or conducting research at an institution of higher
learning
2. scholarly person: somebody with a scholarly background or attitudes
academical adjective
academically adverb