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Definition of Clerkly
1. a. Of or pertaining to a clerk.
2. adv. In a scholarly manner.
Definition of Clerkly
1. Adjective. Of clerks; befitting a clerk. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clerkly
1. pertaining to a clerk [adj -LIER, -LIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clerkly
Literary usage of Clerkly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"At first in heart it liked me ill When the king praised his clerkly skill.
Thanks to Saint Bothan. son of mine, Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line ..."
2. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Library of Charles Lambby Charles Lamb, George Long Duyckinck by Charles Lamb, George Long Duyckinck (1897)
"poems, &c., including the whole of Skelton's Philip Sparrow, in C. Lamb's " most
clerkly" band writing. Bought at the sale of Charles W. ..."
3. The Celtic Monthly: A Magazine for Highlanders (1895)
"The clerkly labour would it is hoped be largely unpaid, and indeed might in a
measure be undertaken ..."
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