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clerkly

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clerk·ly  (klûrkl)
adj. clerk·li·er, clerk·li·est
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a clerk.
2. Archaic Scholarly.

clerkli·ness n.

clerkly [ˈklɑːklɪ]
adj -lier, -liest
1. of or like a clerk
2. (Historical Terms) Obsolete learned
adv
Obsolete in the manner of a clerk
clerkliness  n


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Tim Linkinwater condescended, after much entreaty and brow-beating, to accept a share in the house; but he could never be prevailed upon to suffer the publication of his name as a partner, and always persisted in the punctual and regular discharge of his clerkly duties.
"Why, it is written in the French tongue," said Alleyne, "and in a right clerkly hand.
There is yet, in the Temple, something of a clerkly monkish atmosphere, which public offices of law have not disturbed, and even legal firms have failed to scare away.
 
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