Clerkly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Clerkly is an adjective meaning Of clerks; befitting a clerk.
Meaning
Of clerks; befitting a clerk.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Scholarly.
- (obsolete) In a scholarly manner.
Example Sentences
the clerkly life
For notwithstanding al your great brags and this your clerkly booke, ye knowe not nor euer shall knowe, but that the Pope is the supreame head of the Churche.
Hath he not tvvit our Soueraigne Lady here / VVith ignominious vvords, though Clarkely coucht? / As if ſhe had ſuborned ſome to ſvveare / Falſe allegations, to o'rethrovv his ſtate.
Ida Arnold swivelled her eyes round the elegant furnishing of the Pompadour Boudoir. They picked out like a searchlight a cushion, a couch, the thin clerkly mouth of the man opposite her.
Word Forms
- clerklier
- clerkliest
Synonyms for clerkly
Depending on context, synonyms include clerkish, clerky.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include clerkish, clerky, clerklike, grocerly, knightful, semiclerical.
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