Learned Holly's car is wrecked (9)
I believe the answer is:
scholarly
'learned' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'holly's car is wrecked' is the wordplay.
'is wrecked' is an anagram indicator.
'hollys'+'car'='hollyscar'
'hollyscar' is an anagram of 'SCHOLARLY'.
(Other definitions for scholarly that I've seen before include "in academic style?" , "Involving serious academic study" , "Erudite" , "Learned, academic" .)