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clerkly

/klurk-lee; British klahrk-lee/US // ˈklɜrk li; British ˈklɑrk li //UK // (ˈklɑːklɪ) //

书记员,书记员式,办事员,文员

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    clerk·li·er, clerk·li·est.

    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of a clerk.
    • : Archaic. scholarly.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in the manner of a clerk.

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Examples

  • The Provost-Sergeant had been watching them, at the instigation of a sharp-eyed, clerkly-looking man in semi-uniform.

  • Three mornings in succession a business-like envelope addressed in the same clerkly hand!

  • But Ethan put the letter of the clerkly hand into his breast-pocket, and went towering out of the room.

  • The clerkly-looking person now courteously motioned Maitland to take a chair.

  • It is written in a beautiful clerkly hand in close fine character, and is in a perfect state of preservation.