clerkly

[ klurk-lee; British klahrk-lee ]

adjective

, clerk·li·er, clerk·li·est.

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a clerk.
2. Archaic. scholarly.

adverb

1. in the manner of a clerk.

clerkly

/ ˈklɑːklɪ /

adjective

1. of or like a clerk
2. obsolete.
   learned

adverb

1. obsolete.
   in the manner of a clerk

Derived Forms

• ˈclerkliness, noun

Other Words From

• clerkli·ness noun
• un·clerkly adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of clerkly¹

First recorded in 1400–50, clerkly is from the late Middle English word clerkli. See clerk, -ly

Example Sentences

District Judge Keith Ellison issued a preliminary injunction Thursday night calling for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to provide the items at the Pack Unit, where 62-year-old Leonard Clerkly had been incarcerated.

From Washington Times

Clerkly died Saturday at a local hospital after testing positive for the virus.

From Washington Times

And yet we are all in it together; the peasantification of clerkdom goes hand in hand with the replacement of drudge work by machines or by knowledge work – clerkly work.

From The Guardian

The clerkly class of today is made up of academics, thinktankers, lawyers, writers, many artists, scientists, journalists and students, some comedians and politicians, even some entrepreneurs, as well as actual clerics – anyone whose sense of self depends on an abstract frame of reference.

From The Guardian

I hadn’t realised how deeply the ancient sense of proprietorship by the powerful over the depiction of love was embedded in literary, that is clerkly, English.

From The Guardian