单词 | clerkly |
释义 | clerklyadj. 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. 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. 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). < adj.a1529adv.c1440 |
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