clerkly

 [klurk-lee; Brit. klahrk-lee]  

clerk·ly

   [klurk-lee; Brit. klahrk-lee] adjective, clerk·li·er, clerk·li·est, adverb
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a clerk.
2.
Archaic. scholarly.
adverb
3.
in the manner of a clerk.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English clerkli. See clerk, -ly

Related forms
clerk·li·ness, noun
un·clerk·ly, adjective
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clerkly (ˈklɑːklɪ)
 
—adj , -lier, -liest
1.  of or like a clerk
2.  obsolete learned
 
—adv
3.  obsolete in the manner of a clerk
 
'clerkliness
 
—n

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