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单词 clerkly
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clerklyadj.

Brit. /ˈklɑːkli/, U.S. /ˈklərkli/
Forms: For forms see clerk n.
Etymology: < clerk n. + -ly suffix1. (The adverb is in the Promp. Parv. and the adjective ought to occur as early.)
1. Pertaining to the clergy, clerical.
ΚΠ
1565 Bp. Bentham in J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. xlv. 500 To behave themselves in their ministry, soberly and reverently, in all points of clerkly office.
1592 tr. F. Du Jon Apocalypsis xiii. 17 Consecration of the Clearkely tonsure.
1848 J. C. Hare Lett. Dean of Chichester 2 [Not] at all becoming our clerkly character.
1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. 173 The corporate office of the clerkly corporation.
2. Scholarly, book-learned. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [adjective] > skilled in letters
book-lereda1250
lettereda1375
bookeda1393
texted14..
letterlya1425
literate?a1475
book-learnedc1475
clerklya1529
book-read1591
bookwise1593
read1594
letter-learned1771
book-formed1798
a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. C.ii Some other man That clerkely is and can Well scrypture expounde.
1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Fvjv It is the clerkliest part of al..to frame an argument aptly.
1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iv. v. 54 Thou art clarkly sir Iohn, thou art clarkly.
1796 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit.: Pt. II 18 I'll read the bill, In Hatsell's clerkly tone..And Jekyll's comment too.
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi III. ix. v. 231 Thou..art book-learned, a clerkly soldier.
3. Of or pertaining to a fair writer; skilled in penmanship.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [adjective] > skilled, neat and legible
fair1548
clerkly1808
1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xv. 339 When the King praised his clerkly skill.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 201 These words writ with clerkly skill.
1879 Sunday School Chron. 26 Dec. Perhaps the clerkly Matthew had made notes.
4. Of or belonging to an office clerk.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > writing > writer > [adjective] > like or relating to professional writer or copyist
scriptorial1797
clerical1798
clerkish1824
clerkly1839
scribal1855
1839 T. Hood Lit. Reminisc. in Hood's Own 2 I sat upon a lofty stool..and with a clerkly pen Began each morning.
1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 94 A poor clerkly drudge at desk All day.
1882 B. M. Croker Proper Pride I. iv. 70 The certificate was in a round clerkly hand.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

clerklyadv.

Brit. /ˈklɑːkli/, U.S. /ˈklərkli/
Etymology: formed as clerk n. + -ly suffix2.
1.
a. In a scholarly way, learnedly. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [adverb]
clergially1377
clerklyc1440
high?a1475
eruditely1529
learnedly1549
scholarlike1551
scholastically1559
scholar-likely1599
scholarly1602
clerk-like1604
scientiously1651
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 81 Clerkely, clericaliter.
c1450 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 226 Cast in thy conciens clerkly to knowe.
1493 Festivall (1515) 86 b Prevynge clerkely that he [Christ] was both god and man.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 179 With ignominious words, though Clarkely coucht. View more context for this quotation
1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. §2. 19 How is it Clerkly confuted?
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. vi. 177 You speak so courtly and clerkly.
b. Skilfully, cleverly, artfully. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > with skill or art > ingeniously
craftilyeOE
wiselya1000
guisily13..
quaintc1300
quaintlyc1300
subtly1340
cunningly?a1400
subtilelyc1405
subtilelyc1405
prettilyc1450
industriouslyc1487
ingeniously1548
clerkly1594
ambidextrously1657
1594 H. Plat Jewell House 15 Not any one of them hath so clarkly wrought vpon this simple as..to hide the taste.
1627 M. Drayton Battaile Agincourt 2 They..must prouide, One, this great Engine, Clearkly that could guide.
2. In the manner of a fair writer or penman.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [adverb] > skilfully
clerkly1865
1865 Spectator 21 Jan. 70/1 These resolutions, very handsomely and clerkly endorsed upon fine paper.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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