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Meaning of "clerkly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLERKLY

clerkly  [ˈklɑːklɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLERKLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Clerkly can act as an adjective and an adverb.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES CLERKLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of clerkly in the English dictionary

The first definition of clerkly in the dictionary is of or like a clerk. Other definition of clerkly is learned. Clerkly is also in the manner of a clerk.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLERKLY


antiquely
ænˈtiːklɪ
Barclay
ˈbɑːklɪ
Berkeley
ˈbɜːklɪ
biweekly
baɪˈwiːklɪ
bleakly
ˈbliːklɪ
chicly
ˈʃiːklɪ
darkly
ˈdɑːklɪ
meekly
ˈmiːklɪ
murkly
ˈmɜːklɪ
obliquely
əˈbliːklɪ
parkly
ˈpɑːklɪ
semiweekly
ˌsemɪˈwiːklɪ
sleekly
ˈsliːklɪ
sparkly
ˈspɑːklɪ
starkly
ˈstɑːklɪ
treacly
ˈtriːklɪ
triweekly
traɪˈwiːklɪ
uniquely
juːˈniːklɪ
weakly
ˈwiːklɪ
weekly
ˈwiːklɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLERKLY

clerk
clerk in holy orders
Clerk of Court
clerk of the House
clerk of works
clerk to the justices
clerk-like
clerkdom
clerkess
clerkish
clerklier
clerkliest
clerkliness
clerkling
clerkship
Clermont-Ferrand
cleromancy
cleruch
cleruchial
cleruchies

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLERKLY

berserkly
blackly
blankly
briskly
crackly
crinkly
frankly
freckly
news weekly
prickly
quickly
rickly
Shankly
sickly
slickly
thickly
tickly
twinkly
wkly
wrinkly

Synonyms and antonyms of clerkly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «clerkly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLERKLY

Find out the translation of clerkly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of clerkly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «clerkly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

clerkly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

clerical
570 millions of speakers

English

clerkly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

clerkly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

clerkly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

clerkly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

clerkly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মুহুরীর মত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

clerc
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Clerkly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

clerkly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

clerkly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

clerkly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Clerkly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thông thái
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

clerkly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लिपिकपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

clerkly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

clerkly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

clerkly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

clerkly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clerkly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

clerkly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goeie skuldbewys
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

clerkly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

clerkly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of clerkly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLERKLY»

The term «clerkly» is used very little and occupies the 164.223 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLERKLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about clerkly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLERKLY»

Discover the use of clerkly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to clerkly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Clerkly Maker: Langland's Poetic Art
These are considered in the light of what Langland may have learned from medieval Latin poets and writers on the art of poetry.
Aubrey Vincent Carlyle Schmidt, 1987
2
Dynamic Dichotomy: The Poetic "I" in Fourteenth- and ...
Even the tools used in the exercise of the clerkly profession - the 'Escriptoire [...] entaillie d'ivoire' - of Machaut, are listed with particular attention. For, though the poets of the period were anxious to avoid the degrading implications of the more  ...
Catherine Attwood, 1998
3
A Dictionary of the Language of Shakspeare
Learned; scholarly. You are certainly a gentleman ; thereto Clerk-like, experienc' d. Winter's Tale, i. 2. Clerkly. Learned; clerk-like. Thou art clerkly, thou art clerkly, Sir John. Merry Wives of Windsor, iv. 5. Clerkly. Learnedly; cleverly; ingeniously.
Swynfen Jervis, Alexander Dyce, 1868
4
A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Browning
'Now, my clerkling,' chuckled Cocky with a grin 1176.25 Clive 142 Clerkly. With those clever clerkly fingers 363.106 Flight Duch. 694 "My client boasts the clerkly privilege, 652.80 R. and 8. 1.257 The clerkly silk round, every plait correct, ...
5
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
< clerk + -lyl.] 1. Clerk-like; scholarly. Thou art clerkly, thou art clerkly, Sir John. SWfc.,M. W. ofW., lv. 6. 2. Pertaining to a clerk or secretary, with especial reference to penmanship. At first in heart it liked me ill When the king praised his clerkly skill.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1906
6
A Concise Companion to Middle English Literature
Out in the city streets, members of theScriveners' Company were occupied in writing documents for those who needed to have theirpleasheard by the king or his officers. Anew bureaucracy had madefora new class of'clerkly' writers(Hanna  ...
Marilyn Corrie, 2013
7
Promptorium parvulorum sive clericorum: lexicon ...
Indyte letterys, as clerkely speke (or clerkly spech, s.) Dicto. Indytyd, as clerkly speche (in- dytedor enditedof clerkly speche, p.) Dictatus. Indytyd be lawe, for trespace. Indie tatus. (Indttyn fortrespas, k. indyte, p. Indicto.) Indytynge of clerkly  ...
Royal Historical Society (Great Britain), [Galfridus Anglicus] (Dominican friar), Albert Way, 1843
8
Promptorium parvulorum sive clericorum, lexicon ...
INDYTE letterys, as clerkely speke (or clerkly spech, s.) Dicto. INDYTYD, as clerkly speche (indyted or endited of clerkly speche, P.) Dictatus. INDYTYD be lawe, for trespace. Indictatus. (INDITYN for trespas, K. indyte, r. Indicto.) INDYTYNGB of ...
Galfridus (Grammaticus), Albert Way, 1843
9
Promptorium Parvulorum Sive Clericorum: Dictionarius ...
Indyte letterys, as clerkely speke (or clerkly spech, s.) Dicto. Indytyd, as clerkly speche (in- dy ted or endited of clerkly speche, p.) Dictatus. Indytyd be lawe, for trespace. Indictatus. (InDityn fortrespas, k. indyte, p. Indicto.) Indytynge of clerkly ...
Galfridus (Grammaticus), Albert Way, 1843
10
Promptorium parvulorum sive clericorum, lexicon ...
Indyte letterys, as clerkely speke (or clerkly spech, s.) Dicto. Indytyd, as clerkly speche (in- dytedor enditedof clerkly speche, p.) Dictatus. Indytyd be lawe, for trespace. Indictatus. (InDityn for trespas, k. indyte, p. Indicto.) Indytynge of clerkly  ...
Galfridus (grammaticus.), Albert Way, 1843

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLERKLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term clerkly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Dreams of apocalypses show the brotherhood of America's Left …
In short, we retain our fictions of epoch, of decadence and renovation, and satisfy in various ways our clerkly scepticism about these and similar ... «The Fabius Maximus website, Jun 15»
2
Temple Song series: music that leaves noise behind
In his 1841 novel Barnaby Rudge, Charles Dickens described the “clerkly monkish atmosphere” of London's Temple complex, imagining a sign ... «Financial Times, Apr 15»
3
Will Self on the meaning of skyscrapers – from the Tower of Babel to …
... window and ventilation – served a sanitary conception of social advance; the buildings' hydraulic elevators literally lifted their clerkly tenants ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
4
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Or they might love them, as some love putting figures in columns, because they are clerkly by nature. Such people will no doubt have books to ... «The Independent, Mar 15»
5
by: FIRST WATCH: GRAEME BLUNDELL
There he grappled with serial killers and child molesters, a character with a downcast, clerkly aura about him in each episode, though he was ... «The Australian, Feb 15»
6
Lord Hennessy meets...Sir Robert Rogers
“What part does the clerkly craft play in the House of Commons part of ... This he sees as a crucially important sub-trade within the clerkly craft. «Civil Service World, Feb 15»
7
Televised darts is less vulgar than Strictly Come Dancing – and …
Although there are more clerkly, not to say studious, looking players emerging, the majority still resemble plumbers. I mean no disrespect by ... «The Independent, Jan 15»
8
Rab's Week: Why TV murder dramas like The Fall are killing me
He'd a clerkly, Captain Mainwaring face, and had obviously decided many years ago that he was never going to be a model or actor. «Belfast Telegraph, Nov 14»
9
Illiterate? Criminal record? Welcome to the House of Lords
... without any specific examples, at the word “office”, his statement having exceeded, some clerkly hand points out, “the 75-word limit”. «The Guardian, Oct 14»
10
The Paying Guests: by Sarah Waters
Now, in the flat landing light, she took in the clerkly neatness of him. Without his shoes he was only an inch or two taller than she. "Puny," his ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Sep 14»

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