Usually means: Obsessively detailed about specialized subjects.
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  1. wonkish: Merriam-Webster
  2. wonkish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Wonkish, wonkish: Wordnik
  4. wonkish: Wiktionary
  5. wonkish: Dictionary.com

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  1. wonkish: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (informal) Nerdy; bookish; having the qualities of a wonk.

Similar:
nerdish, nerdlike, bookwormy, geeklike, boffinish, wonky, geekish, geekly, dorky, geeky, more...

Opposite:
unacademic, unscholarly, unpedantic, unbookish

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Similar:
nerdish, nerdlike, bookwormy, geeklike, boffinish, wonky, geekish, geekly, dorky, geeky, more...

Opposite:
unacademic, unscholarly, unpedantic, unbookish



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