Adjective: clerkly (clerklier,clerkliest) klurk-lee [N. Amer], klaa(r)k-lee [Brit]
Usage: archaic
- Characteristic of or suitable for a clerk or scholar
"clerkly handwriting"; "clerkly duties"
Usage: archaic
- In a scholarly or learned manner; with the skill of a scribe or scholar
"He wrote clerkly, with elegant penmanship"
Derived forms: clerklier, clerkliest